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News Briefs
Blossoms of Light
Denver Botanic
Gardens is continuing a holiday tradition with its Blossoms of Light display.
Nearly 17 acres of the Gardens will be illuminated by over 900,000 colorful
holiday lights, turning the grounds into a winter wonderland. In addition,
guests may purchase hot beverages and snacks, shop at the Gardens' Gift Shop and enjoy festive entertainment. The
display will be open nightly until Jan. 22. Please
see our events page for details.
Free Seeds and Plants
Denver Urban
Gardens is currently taking applications for its annual free seeds and plants
program. Applications are due by February 6, 2006. For additional
information and a list of places that can provide the application please visit
their website at www.dug.org.
Click on the button that says Free! Plants and Seeds.
New Radio Gardening Program
Susan Rose and
Curtis Swift will be hosting a new radio program, "From the Ground Up," on KAFM,
88.1 FM, Grand Junction, the last Thursday of each month from Noon - 1 p.m.
Each show will include guests, gardening tips, announcements of upcoming
programs and will take calls on gardening. If you cannot receive this
station you can listen to it online at
http://kafmradio.org.
Colorado State Forest Service
Tree Planting Program
Every year the
CSFS grows more than 2 million tree and shrub seedlings. Over 50 different
species are available to people who own two acres or more of land and need trees
and shrubs for conservation purposes, such as windbreaks or reforestation.
The seedlings cannot be resold as a living tree or used for landscaping.
Seedlings are available in minimums of 30 to 50 plants. For more
information about this program or to get an order form for 2006 please see www.colostate.edu/Depts/CSFS.
Scroll down and click on "Obtain conservation seedlings for windbreaks,
habitat and reforestation."
Free Trees for Denver Residents
The Park People through its Denver Digs Trees
program will be distributing free or low-cost trees next spring for planting
along the public right of way. Public trees are available only to residents of the
city and county of Denver. Tree request forms will be mailed this fall to
Denver residents who put their names on the mailing list. To be placed on
the mailing list call The Park People's office at 303-722-6262 or send an email
to info@theparkpeople.org.
For additional information please visit www.theparkpeople.org.
Colorado Gardening
Advertiser
If you want
information about growing roses in the Rocky Mountain region, you might be
interested in a book, Growing Roses in the Rocky Mountains and High Plains,
offered by an advertiser on our site. Please see Gardening Resources on
our Directory of Products & Services page.
Winter/Spring Course Catalog
Available
Denver Botanic
Gardens publishes a Continuing Education catalog that lists classes being
offered. You can view the
catalog online at www.botanicgardens.org.
Or, you may call the Continuing Education office at 720-865-3610 and request a
catalog be mailed to you.
Hudson Gardens Offers Classes
Hudson Gardens
in Littleton has partnered with the Community Education Department of Arapahoe
Community College to offer a series of classes on gardening, painting,
photograpy and more. See www.hudsongardens.org
for details.
FireWise Colorado
Homeowners are reminded of the need to
take special caution with landscapes in areas that are likely to be threatened
by fire. FireWise Colorado is a highly informative website with lots of helpful
information for people who live in fire-prone areas. You will find
articles on fire-resistant landscaping, FireWise plant materials, vegetative
recovery after wildfire, grass seed mixes to reduce wildfire hazard, and much
more. Visit the FireWise Colorado website at
www.firewise.org/co.
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2006 Calendars
Colorado Gardening has 2006 calendars available. We are offering a
selection of Colorado-themed calendars. They make a wonderful gift
for someone special -- or yourself!
Click on the photos for more information or to purchase
these calendars.
2006
Colorado Gardener's Calendar
Books for Gardeners
Colorado
Gardening's bookstore offers many books dealing with gardening in Colorado and
the Rocky Mountain region. The winter months are a great time to do some
reading on gardening topics. Click on the photos for more information or to purchase these
books. See our Bookstore pages for additional selections.
Play It Safe
Gardeners use a
number of products in the garden that typically come with safety warnings on the
label. Pesticides and fertilizers often suggest wearing pants, long
sleeved shirts, gloves, and a mask. Those who use bone meal have a new
concern that should encourage them to take pre-cautionary measures: dust from
the bone-meal may carry the mutated protein from mad cow disease.
Gardeners are encouraged to play it safe whenever using any gardening product by
following all label instructions.
Noxious Weeds
Several popular plants are on
Colorado's noxious weeds list: Bouncingbet, Common
St. John's Wort, Dame's Rocket, Oxeye Daisy, Purple Loosestrife, Dalmatian
Toadflax, Russian Olive and others. For a complete list, visit the State
of Colorado Department of Agriculture website at
www.ag.state.co.us.
Click on Colorado Noxious Weed List.
Do not plant these plants and begin eradicating them
if they are currently in your garden. If you buy wildflower mixes, check
the label to be sure these plants are not included.
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