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Briar Rose Bed & Breakfast

The Briar Rose is run by innkeepers Jordan Hanie and Gary Hardin, a Zen monk.

It is our intention to bring mindfulness and compassion to our care for the guests and the inn.

Above all, our hallmark is to offer a feeling of home in the heart of Boulder.

We simply take care of whoever walks in the door.

Our gardens offer a private retreat - for personal reflection, a warm conversation or simply enjoying the many different plants, flowers, trees and shrubs.

The living room with a wood-burning fireplace is an inviting spot for reading, meeting with friends, or enjoying a fine pot of tea with fresh-baked shortbread cookies. Guests and staff may sit in our humble meditation room listening to the small waterfall in the garden below.

We serve a full, organic breakfast in our dining room or on the cheery sun porch, weather permitting. Arrangements can be made for in-room service.

We belong to two state bed and breakfast associations, the Distinctive Inns of Colorado, and the Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers of Colorado. Both feature high-quality inns.

We are the only Boulder bed and breakfast (or hotel) that serves organic breakfast and the only local member of the Green Hotels Association. We are inspected by AAA and are members of the Boulder Hotel and Motel Association, Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association, and the Professional Association of Innkeepers International.

The innkeepers at the Briar Rose intend to encourage and promote ecological consciousness in every aspect of providing hospitality to our guests.

How we express this intention:

* We serve organic breakfasts
* We support the Boulder Co-op Market, a community-owned, vegetarian natural foods store, by purchasing the majority of our food there.
* We compost all of our biodegradable waste materials. Check out our compost bin in the southwest part of the lot!
* We cut our lawn with a human-powered reel mower.
* We run a 95 percent efficient gas furnace in the main house
* We use a high-efficiency front loading washing machine to wash all bedding and linens, and we do not use fabric-softening dryer sheets.
* We use Ecocycle to recycle all our cans, bottles, plastics, batteries, and paper waste products
* We use environmentally friendly cleaning products from Eco-products and Seventh Generation
* We are the only member of the Green Hotel Association in Boulder county.

Breakfast

Guests start the day with a complete organic breakfast, including a fresh-fruit cup (we carefully select fresh fruits daily,) fresh-baked sweet breads, yogurt with raspberries, an egg dish with toast, fresh orange juice, and our fantastic homemade granola.

Organic coffee and tea are freshly brewed. Breakfast is served either in our dining room or on the cheery sun porch, weather permitting. Arrangements can be made for in-room service.

The Briar Rose Bed and Breakfast Inn is situated at the corner of Arapahoe and 22nd Street. Close to shopping, restaurants, transportation and entertainment.

The University of Colorado is just up the hill, Naropa University is across the street, and it's a short drive to all the major business centers in Boulder County.