Are you and your friends needing time to connect, let loose, and have fun? Here are a few different ideas around the Denver area: visit an herbal workshop, spend a day together in a flower field, raise a stein to toast Oktoberfest, or compete in some serious athletic challenges.
Hudson Gardens: Make Your Own Chai Tea
Attend an interactive class of tasting and blending spices. You’ll sample five tea bases, then mix and match to create your own custom chai tea blend.
📅 Saturday, September 27, 11 am – noon
Hudson Gardens: The Chocolate Therapist/Chocolate & Tea Pairings
Learn how chocolate is made and sample chocolate and tea pairings. Play tea trivia and pick up something new. Nixon’s Coffee Shop is also on the property, so stop in for a cup of coffee while you’re there!
📅 Sunday, November 16, 1 pm – 2 pm
Hudson Gardens
Main gardens open 9–4 daily (with exceptions for special events). Free admission every day.
Register online for classes (fee applies).
📍 6115 S Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, CO 80120
📞 303-797-8565
🌐 HudsonGardens.org
Gather Mountain Blooms: Harvest Hootenanny
Celebrate the end of summer and beginning of fall with the year-end Harvest Hootenanny—the final pick-your-own flowers of the season. Enjoy live music, concessions, and a Makers Market in their red barn.
📅 September 27, 8 am – noon
🎟️ Purchase tickets online.
📍 5210 S Hwy 85, Colorado Springs, 80911
🌐 gathermountainblooms.com/harvesthootenanny
Gather Mountain Blooms: Oktoberfest
Come for a festive Oktoberfest celebration! Gather Mountain Blooms celebrates fall with games, hayrides, a corn maze, pumpkin patch, farm animals, farm flowers, live music, a Makers Market (Saturday & Sunday only), picnic areas, photo spots, concessions, and fun activities for all ages. Raise a stein in the beer garden and enjoy local craft beer, fall cocktails, lemonade, authentic German foods, coffee, and popcorn—all with beautiful mountain views.
📅 October 4 & 5
🎟️ $10 admission, tickets online.
Activities, concessions, pumpkins, and flowers are additional.
Tip: Bring a wagon for your pumpkins!
📍 5210 S Hwy 85, Colorado Springs, 80911
🌐 gathermountainblooms.com/oktobefest
Aerial Yoga
Aerial yoga combines traditional yoga poses, Pilates, and dance with the use of a hammock. It can help deepen postures, decompress the spine, and relieve stress. Classes are available at studios such as Aerial Cirque Over Denver, which offers two locations for aerial dance and circus training.
📍 Centennial: 13873 E Briarwood Ave, Unit C700, Centennial, CO 80112
📍 Denver: 4605 Quebec St, Units B2 and B3, Denver, CO 80206
📞 720-263-1461
🌐 aerialcirqueoverdenver.com
Phillip S. Miller Park: Challenge Hill
Challenge Hill is a smaller version of the famous Manitou Incline in nearby Manitou Springs. The 200-step incline offers an intense cardio workout as you climb steep stairs, gaining 178 feet in elevation on your way to the top.
📍 1375 W Plum Creek Pkwy, Castle Rock, CO 80109
Note: Please check with your doctor before starting new exercises.
Final Thought
No matter what activity you choose, spending time with friends is a great way to blow off stress, challenge yourself, reconnect, or just share a day of laughter. Gather your friends and try something new!