Peaks and Prairies
NARGS is coming to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 2025! Mark your calendar for your Wyoming adventure from June 12 to June 16, 2025.
Little America's rooms are sold out. We recommend booking your tickets for NARGS and your hotels immediately due to other conferences that are in Cheyenne at the same time. This is a list of hotels we recommend that are close to Little America Hotel: My Place Hotel, TownPlace Suites, Microtel, Day's Inn, Candlewood Suites, Holiday Inn, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Everhome Suites Cheyenne. There are two departure areas for the buses. Busses will depart Lincoln Way & Cutler Road at 7:45 a.m. sharp. Busses will depart Little America at 8:00 a.m. sharp.
Why Wyoming? Cheyenne is near the interface of the High Plains and the alpine wonderland of the Front Range, Laramie Range, and Snowy Range. Cheyenne’s elevation of 6,068 feet above sea level gives it a great climate for rock garden plants. Intense sunlight, clear skies, and low humidity allow us to grow alpine plants that languish in warmer, more humid environments. We can even grow some alpine plants that our friends in Denver cannot grow just 100 miles to the south and 1000 feet lower in elevation.
Cheyenne is easy to get to because of its location near the center of the continent. Denver International Airport is just two hours away. Rent a car and plan to spend some time before or after the conference exploring Wyoming and adjacent states.
You’ll be able to spend time at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens looking at the new Crevice Garden in full bloom, and you’ll see our beautiful parking lot island beds planted with a wide range of water-wise plants. The crevice garden is full of surprises—plants previously not considered hardy in Cheyenne have withstood temperatures as low as -25°F and a sudden temperature drop from 43°F to 3°F in just thirty minutes. It’s truly an international garden where plants from South Africa harmonize with Wyoming natives and European plants found in the Alps grow alongside plants from the Northern Rockies. Crevice garden plants are beautifully adapted to wind, which averages 13 mph in Cheyenne, and easily withstand the hailstorms we experience every year.
For a full schedule of speakers, events, and field trips, visit
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:43491d91-2ae0-443e-ba76-78d7e33e861f
Limited to 200 registrants.
Cost $495.00; you must be a NARGS member.
Your choice of one of the optional carpool outings on Monday, June 16 may be booked separately at
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/cheyenne-botanic-gardens/nargs-june-16th-optional-tour
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/cheyenne-botanic-gardens/nargs-june-16th-optional-tour-161-mile-journey-chalk-mountain-1653554719
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/cheyenne-botanic-gardens/nargs-june-16th-optional-tour-snowy-range
for a separate fee of $30.00 that covers your lunch and a fuel stipend for those who are driving vehicles and who are willing to transport registrants. Each of these optional tours are limited to 30 participants and you must be registered for the full conference prior to registering for a Monday tour.
Payment is by credit card or debit card at the time of registration and you will receive email confirmation. Payment and confirmation will be handled through TicketLeap. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please contact Brandi Bingham at 307-637-6458 or
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Registration is online only (no paper registration).
Important Dates
February 3, 2025: Registration opens at 8:00 AM Mountain time
May 12, 2025: Last day to register without a surcharge; thereafter registration will be $525.00
May 12, 2025: Last day to cancel registration with full refund less a $50 fee.
You may also like the following events from Cheyenne Botanic Gardens:
- Next Thursday, 5th June, 06:00 pm, Painting, Planting & Creating with James Overstreet in Cheyenne
- Next Saturday, 7th June, 10:00 am, Arboretum Plant Sale in Cheyenne
- Next month, 9th June, 10:00 am, Spring Flowers Walk & Picnic at the High Plains Arboretum in Cheyenne
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