CityGalFarms

CityGal Farms is an urban farm and eco-Luxe farmhouse retreat, located just 15 min. West of downtown Denver.
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04/30/2023

Up to my old tricks ;). A joyful afternoon in my kind of candy store. Beautiful blooms from and peonies from along with a few poached greenery snips from my friends yard.

08/03/2022

My heart is overflowing. Late to le marche in Vannes, and through very broken French managed to convince Monsieur with beaucoup Merci’s to open the shut van to let me buy garden roses. Don’t know how in the world Monsieur makes any money selling roses at 20 stems for 5 euro…but this is one happy happy woman today!

08/03/2022

Draft 2, just before leaving Aix

07/27/2022

Bonjour!

07/26/2022

Work in progress painting…Eleven years ago, Ken and I traveled to Aix en Provence. So many wonderful memories of that trip - our daily excursions, the markets, and taste testing for the best baguette. The Plane Trees (“Plantane” en Francaise) are some of the most beautiful trees I’ve ever seen. I exclaimed then that one day I would come back and paint them and voila, here I am. I knew the right spot in the cathedral to light a candle in memory of him was in front of a pot of Lisianthus. Attempting to learn oil painting…in French. je ne comprends pas…je ne comprends pas…je ne comprends pas

06/21/2022

This little one lights my life and made it through a two hour dinner pretty well!

06/21/2022

Champagne in Paris for my 58th rotation around the sun. Kicking off a nine week discovery adventure, 100 degrees in Paris and rail strikes in England notwithstanding.

01/16/2022

A beer at a most special London pub to toast my darling, tearful reunion with English family along with foraging walks and winter arrangements, time with Jess and Eleonora in Italy and Switzerland and a special few days in Paris on my own for some much needed art, fab food and flowers. Despite the added stress and precautions of traveling in this pandemic, a good healing and reminiscing trip.

08/31/2021

Your Tuesday morning moment of zen, courtesy of this special moment in time. Love to my Colorado flower farm and design community! Peace and love to you for this crazy wonderful week!

06/16/2021

A month ago I lost my beloved Ken. Today I am remembering our immediate family’s vigil we held nearly a week later, and the love and generosity of Stefanie of and , Sarah of , and Kate and Kris for the large box of flowers that were sent from Colorado. It was important to me to have that connection to our home and to something that meant so much to me and Ken. I felt love and support in every beautiful stem from the people who were part of our farm—who made it possible, and a connection to fellow CO flower farmers. It was a beautiful and joyful moment in a sea of pain. There was and is no “in lieu of flowers” option for me; for me, they are essential beacons of joy. Grief is such a strange and multi dimensional experience; I am feeling my way through.

05/23/2021

Rest In Peace my beloved Ken
(05/21/50-05/15/21)

Kenneth (Ken) Burton had the warmest smile and a big heart. Friends called him the ‘gentle giant’. Ken was originally from the UK, where he lived over half his life. He lived in the US since 1995, mostly in Colorado, but also in North Carolina.

Ken spent his career in the telecom industry, managing network based products and customer relationships for over 35 years. During his tenure, he worked on many international projects, traveling to over 33 countries and flying over a million miles, despite never quite fitting in an airplane seat with his 6’5” frame. He made possible.

Although a citizen of three countries, Ken’s heart was always with London, his former home, and the home of his favorite orchestra, the Philharmonia. He often traveled back to hear particular concerts, visit with his sister and family, drink his favorite English beers and eat fish ‘n chips. He would get choked up talking about a great performance of the Rite of Spring or Beethoven’s 9th symphony or a myriad of other favorite pieces. He nurtured a love and appreciation for classical music in his family.

Despite a less than 30% chance of surviving five years with metastatic prostate cancer, Ken fought and beat it for nearly seven years with a full range of therapies, medical trials, and even a novel radiopharmaceutical therapy in Germany during the COVID-19 crisis. Ken was a most beloved husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather, and loved spending time with his family in the UK and in NC, especially on a deck overlooking the ocean, where he spent the final months of his life. He died peacefully at home. The family takes some solace in knowing he is no longer suffering, and that he will be utilized as a silent teacher through the anatomical gift program at Duke Medical School – it is a very fitting way for him to participate in furthering the cause of science, a subject he loved. He will be greatly missed.

Full obit at tributes.com/Kenneth Vaughan Burton

Address

1660 Hoyt Street
Lakewood, CO
80215

Telephone

+17202104532

Website

http://www.citygalfarms.com/

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