Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... April’s Earth Month should have made us curious about what we can do to tread more lightly on the planet. We may think of reusing and recycling or driving ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rabbitbrush is an important late-season plant for pollinators, beneficial insects, and wildlife. This new queen will forage before finding overwintering ...

Native plants play a critical role in our ecosystem for beneficial insects, birds, wildlife and important microorganisms living in and on the soil. Native perennials provide a range of flowers that ...

Colorado homeowners can replace hard-to-maintain grass lawns with water-wise, pollinator-friendly landscaping. Design considerations include sun exposure, bloom succession, layered planting and access ...

For the many gardeners whose growing-spaces are either entirely or partly shaded, shade-loving shrubs offer an important, permanent layer of interest alongside perennials and beneath trees. In small ...

If your ideal weekend doesn’t involve hedge trimmers and a growing pile of clippings, it may be time to rethink what’s in your landscape. Many traditional shrubs are bred to be tightly sheared and ...

Garden Tools and Maintenance — 10 a.m.-noon, CSU Extension El Paso County, 17 N. Spruce St., $12.51. Registration: epcextension.eventbrite.com. Plant Select, the ...