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Garden In A Box

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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11Apr

Mulch: The Fifth Principle of Xeriscape

Phebe Taylor

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Let’s discuss one of the seven principles of Xeriscaping that we get the most questions about – mulch! For clarity’s sake, we are talking about mulches that fit into a

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11Jan

Lush yellow and pink plants in a green garden.

Breakdown of 2023 Garden In A Box Offerings

Ali Colbert

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  Q: “The 2023 spring Garden In A Box collection has been released, but where do I start!? How do I select the gardens that will best fit my needs?”

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07Feb

Determining Your Yard’s Sun Exposure

Ali Colbert

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  Q: “How do I tell whether my yard is full sun, part shade, or “adaptable” sun exposure? It’s tough to tell what it’ll be this summer right now.” A:

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26Jan

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Waterwise Garden Goes Big

Ali Colbert

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        In partnership with Denver Botanic Gardens and Northern Water, Resource Central, a local conservation-focused nonprofit, is excited to announce the newest Garden In A Box offering,

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