Resource Central hosts a regular series of conservation events open to the public, including seminars.
As a proud member of Colorado’s conservation community, we also promote events hosted by our partners in the Front Range. If you know of an event that helps communities put conservation into action, contact us!
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Speaker: Alison Peck of Matrix Gardens UPDATE: For the healthy and safety of attendees, speakers, and staff, the seminar has been moved to an online-only webinar format. To sign up for the webinar on April 1st from 6:00-8:00pm, click the link below. REGISTER HERE! |
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Many beautiful cacti, century plants (Agave spp.), yuccas, and their relatives thrive in the Colorado climate, and often look as good in the winter garden as they do in the summer. Kelly Grummons is well known for his work with these hardy plants and is an expert at using them in the garden. In this |
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Adding rain barrels to your home is a simple way to conserve water and save you money on your water bills! Join us for an evening learning all about the benefits of rainwater harvesting, the best rain barrel system for our climate, where to buy rain barrels, step by step installation instructions, and more. |
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Creating a waterwise garden is easy if you follow a few tried and true steps! Whether you are looking to remove your lawn and replace it with flowering perennials and shrubs, or if you want to revamp an existing bed with more waterwise plants, Deryn Davidson, a CSU Extension Agent for Boulder County will show |
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Adjusting to Colorado's gardening climate can be challenging, due to lower precipitation, wind, and proximity to the sun. Making a new or existing landscape more water-friendly is possible, with the right tools. Join Amy Lentz, CSU Extension Agent for Larimer County for recommendations on plant material, design suggestions, and maintenance approaches to keep your landscape
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Want to transform your yard but don’t know where to begin? Stunning landscapes start with a well thought out design. Professional landscape designer and horticulturist, David Bailey of Urban Oasis, will introduce DIY methods to create your own beautiful Xeriscape garden. David will provide a general overview of the basics of completing a xeriscape project, and |
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Creating a waterwise garden is easy if you follow a few tried and true steps! Whether you are looking to remove your lawn and replace it with flowering perennials and shrubs, or if you want to revamp an existing bed with more waterwise plants, Deryn Davidson, a CSU Extension Agent for Boulder County will show
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Come learn how to reduce water use in your landscape while still keeping it an attractive and functional space. Topics will include; the basics of waterwise landscaping, low water use plants, alternative lawns and reducing water use in bluegrass. The focus will be on practical tips for both new and existing landscapes. Speaker: Eric |
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Growing a garden in Colorado’s ever-changing environment can be challenging, but native plant species are here to help! Learn how to approach a landscape transformation that reduces water, reduces maintenance and brings life back into your world. Curtis Manning of Curtis Manning Designs looks to the Colorado landscape to create a strategy for replacing high water |
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Adjusting to Colorado's gardening climate can be challenging, due to lower precipitation, wind, and proximity to the sun. Making a new or existing landscape more water-friendly is possible, with the right tools. Join Alison O'Connor, CSU Extension Agent for Larimer County for recommendations on plant material, design suggestions, and maintenance approaches to keep your landscape sustainable and
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Whether you’re starting from scratch or renovating an older landscape, this presentation offers 10 important tips to creating a beautiful and waterwise landscape. Do you want to create a habitat for bees, butterflies and birds, as well? Pollinator-friendly gardens are naturally water-thrifty and easier on the environment. Learn how to choose the right plants, understand |
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Bring the beauty of Colorado into your yard and create vital habitat for pollinators through Xeriscaping (a fancy word for waterwise landscaping) with help from expert landscape designer, Alison Peck of Matrix Gardens. Through this class you will learn simple and beautiful gardening techniques to help provide pollinators sanctuaries while also enjoying the delight of |
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Want to create the veggie garden of your dreams but don’t know where to start? Jessica Romer, Horticulturist and Landscape Designer will share tips on how to get started with vegetable gardening in Colorado, choosing and preparing a garden location, plant selection, planting times, and how to design your own edible garden. Speaker: Jessica |
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Kenton Seth of Paintbrush Gardens discusses how to successfully transform your existing water thirsty yard into a low water landscape. Learn what real-life problems crop up between those "before" and "after" pictures of Xeriscape yard transformations in magazines, how to avoid them, and end up with a beautiful and sustainable landscape. Speaker: Kenton Seth |
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