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Garden In A Box

15Jul

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2024 Garden In A Box Photo Contest

Rachel Staats

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We want to see YOUR gardens! Submit up to 5 photos of your garden by August 2 to be entered to win a FREE Garden In a Box kit!

10Jul

Red Birds In A Tree flowers

Beat the Heat in Your Garden

Taylor Nicholson

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Check out these tips to help Colorado gardeners deal with hot summer temperatures.

01Jul

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Is late summer the new spring for planting?

Phebe Taylor

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Here are our favorite reasons for planting perennials in the late summer!

29Apr

A side by side comparison of a Garden in a Box garden on year 1 and year 3. Year 1 image on the left shows small plants with no flowers. Year 3 image on the right shows larger plants with colorful blooming flowers.

5 Steps to Tailor a Garden In A Box Kit to Your Space

Taylor Nicholson

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  Integrating your Garden In A Box kit to your outdoor space is simpler than you might think. While the Garden Info Sheet included with each kit provides sample Plant

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27Mar

Red and yellow waterwise flowers in a vibrant xeriscaped yard

Transform Thirsty Yards with Plant by Number Kits

Rachel Staats

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Garden In A Box kits provide low-water landscaping using with beautiful pollinator-friendly plants.

08Jan

A close-up view of dark purple and red flowers in a garden

Comparison of 2024 Garden In A Box Offerings

Ali Colbert

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  Q: “The 2024 Garden In A Box collection has been released, but where do I start!? How do I select the gardens that best fit my needs?” A: With

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08Jan

Purple and yellow flowers around a tear-shaped bee house in a garden

Waterwise gardening & native plants

Ali Colbert

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As low-water landscaping becomes the new norm in Colorado (check out our most recent blog post about xeriscaping myths!) a focus on native plants is also increasing in popularity. In

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06Dec

Top 3 Myths About Waterwise Landscaping

Phebe Taylor

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  As Xeriscaping, now also referred to as ColoradoScaping or waterwise landscaping, is getting its moment in Colorado’s news  (also here and here and here) this year we wanted to

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01Dec

The outliers in urban residential landscaping: Why these homeowners tore out their turf

Neal Lurie

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Heather Brubaker had a sprawling yard of Kentucky bluegrass at her home in Longmont. Mowing the turf took her more than two hours. During summer, her monthly  water bill jumped

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12Sep

Thinking of swapping your lawn for a water-saving garden? This nonprofit has a ‘plant-by-numbers’ service to help

Neal Lurie

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When Jessie Myers of Thornton looked out her window, she saw a kind of personal battlefield. The homeowner was waging a war to keep her grass green — and she

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