Shady gardens in our neighborhoods create mini microclimates that aid in regulating urban heat domes. They also provide much needed habitat and reprieve for birds, squirrels, and insects in the thick summer heat.

Xeriscaping is full of life with plants that are adapted to our region and climate. These are mostly native, water-wise flowers, grasses, and shrubs. 

These gems will inspire you, expand your knowledge, bring you hope, open your heart and provide a compass for where and how to begin creating a better world for us all. 

The state has supported turf replacement as a key tool for water conservation, and now this bill focuses on limiting its installation in the first place. 

You like looking out your window at the same lifeless landscape every day. Where did all the birds, bees, and butterflies go?

In a world competing with the challenges of climate change, soil depletion, drought, habitat loss and dwindling biodiversity, the need for bold and innovative solutions has never been more pressing.

Despite the common misconception that bees thrive primarily in rural areas, the truth is that urban environments, such as city allotments and gardens, play a significant role in supporting bee populations.

The native plants in your garden play an important role in combating climate change through their deep root systems, photosynthetic processes, and ability to build healthy soil.

Supporting biodiversity and restoring ecosystems lost to urban sprawl is essential to protecting our regional high plains landscape here in Colorado.

Soil health is a top priority in climate mitigation, food security, and ecological resilience. Saving our soils is critical.

These are my favorite regenerative land and garden reads. Pick one or two or all to dive deeper!

Native naturalistic gardens, such as prairie and pollinator landscapes, aren’t aesthetically pleasing or colorful. They look messy and weedy. 

On May 17, 2023, Governor Polis signed the Water-wise Landscaping in HOAs bill (HB23-178) into law. This is a huge step in removing barriers to turf replacement in Colorado. 

When we disconnect from the ground under our feet, our food, and our communities, we lose our sense of being part of the whole.

Native pollinator gardens are essential to healthy ecosystems, now more than ever. Re-establishing native habitats using regenerative practices in our spaces not only protects our pollinators, it protects us.

Reversing environmental damage, along with the destruction of our farming practices, seems out of reach for most of us.

Regenerative gardening is a simple and straightforward solution that supports our natural environment while strengthening our precious ecosystems from the ground up.