Follow the scent of fresh soil and blooming roses, and you’ll find yourself in the heart of one of Colorado Springs’ most beloved garden traditions.

For more than 60 years, the Horticultural Art Society of Colorado Springs has been cultivating not just plants, but a community.

While maintaining multiple public gardens, the society transforms Monument Valley Park into a place where native plants thrive, pollinators gather and the Pikes Peak community takes root.

“Our mission is to cultivate beautiful gardens with mostly native plants,” HAS trustee Gaye Woullard said. “We like to showcase plants that do well in Colorado Springs with our demonstration gardens.…