Michael Bogaards is a producer with Denver7 (KMGH) in Denver, Colorado.
DENVER — Through the doors of the Denver Botanic Gardens, tucked away from the beautiful blossoms outside is the herbarium. And plenty of important work is being done there.
The process isn't easy. Specimens are carefully dried, frozen, and then delicately glued onto archive paper. A key point in this process is identification. And identifying many of them behind a microscope is volunteer Loraine Yeatts."At that time, I did not know plants," remembered Yeatts."But I started seeing all these wonderful wildflowers in Colorado, and I decided I needed to know what they are.
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