Adventures in Sustainable Gardening Some of Our Favorite Resources
BOOKS Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway Bringing Nature Home by Dr. Douglas Tallamy The Zen of Gardening by David Wann High and Dry Gardening by Robert Nold Growing Food in the Southwest Mountains by Lisa Reynor A New Garden Ethic by Benjamin Vogt
CLASSES Landscaping with Native Plants – held every February by CoNPS, Wild Ones Front Range Chapter, Audubon Rockies, and other organizations Wild Ones Front Range Chapter ongoing events (see http://www.frontrangewildones.org) Colorado Native Plant Society ongoing events (see conps.org Waterwise Landscape Webinars https://resourcecentral.org/water-wise-seminars
DOCUMENTARIES Hometown Habitat – Deb owns the movie, if we want a screening at B’nai Kiss the Ground (Netflix and kisstheground.com) Videos by Geoff Lawton on Permaculture and Passive Water Harvesting Videos by Brad Lancaster on Passive Water Harvesting
WEBSITES AND LINKS Low Water Native Plants for Colorado Gardens: Front Range and Foothills (extension.colostate.edu)
National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder (nwf.org/nativeplantfinder)
Wild Ones Front Range Chapter (Frontrangewildones.com)
Colorado Native Plant Society: (conps.org)
Join the Colorado Native Plant Group Facebook page Join the Wild Ones Front Range Chapter Facebook Page
Colorado State University Extension Office fact sheets: 1. Native Plant Guides Front Range (Print Version) https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/native/FrontRangeSm.pdf
2. CMG Garden Notes #583 Sources of Colorado Native Plants https://cmg.extension.colostate.edu/Gardennotes/583.pdf
3. Native Herbaceous Perennials for Colorado Landscapes – 7.242 https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/native-herbaceous- perennials-for- colorado-landscapes-7-242/ 4. Native Shrubs for Colorado Landscapes 7.422 https://extension.colostate.edu/topic- areas/yard-garden/native-shrubs-for-colorado-landscapes-7-422/
5. Xeriscaping: Creative Landscaping 7.228 https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/xeriscaping-creative- landscaping-7-228/
6. Xeriscaping: Retrofit Your Yard 7.234 https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/xeriscaping-retrofit-your-yard- 7-234/
7. Xeriscaping: Ground Cover Plants 7.230 https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/xeriscaping-ground-cover- plants-7-230/ comers-7-220/
8. Colorado Gardening: Challenge to Newcomers 7.220 https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/colorado-gardening-challenge- to-new
7. Indoor Herb Gardening https://planttalk.colostate.edu/topics/annuals- perennials/1056-indoor-herb-garden/
8. Herb Gardening from the University of Illinois https://web.extension.illinois.edu/herbs/
PLANT NURSERIES/SEED COMPANIES AND ON-LINE SHOPS Harlequin’s Gardens (harlequinsgardens.com) High Plains Environmental Center (plant sale starts on April 5, 2021 online) High Country Gardens (catalog) •Plants of the Southwest •Prairie Nursery •Prairie Moon Nursery •Western Native Seed See Additional seed companies, below, in Vicki’s slides
NATIVE PLANT/SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPERS Upbeet! Gardens: Caleb Gruber 303 547-7042 [email protected]
Earth Love Gardens: Aaron Michael 720 295-8583 [email protected] (partnered with Audubon)
Living Earth Designs: Dustin Wright 806 773-2611 [email protected]
Pears to Perennials: Jessi Burg 720 443-2228 [email protected]
Green Roots Garden Design: Carla Tews 970 237-1374 www.greenrootsgardendesign.com
Paintbrush Gardens: Kenton Seth 970 623-6300 [email protected]
ORGANIZATIONS (Most mentioned above, already) Wild Ones Front Range Chapter (Frontrangewildones.org) Colorado Native Plant Society (CoNPS.org) Denver Permaculture Guild Audubon Rockies (Rockies.Audubon. org) Xerces Society
ADDITIONAL HANDOUTS Plant This Not that Native Plant List Deb’s Favorite Native Plants for a Denver Landscape
Additional Resources for Sustainable VEGETABLE Gardening
Books Growing Food in the Southwest Mountains, A guide to high-altitude, semi-arid home permaculture gardens by Lisa Rayner Rodale’s Basic Organic Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Healthy Garden by Deborah L. Martin Rodale’s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener by Rodale Press All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden by Karen Newcomb Vertical Gardening by Derek Fell
Websites - There are many more sites and resources on the types of gardens below. Have fun checking them out!
1. Herb Spiral The Magic and Mystery of Constructing an Herb Spiral and Why Every Suburban Lawn Should Have One - The Permaculture Research Institute (permaculturenews.org)
2. Three Sisters (and 4th!) Garden The Three Sisters... And that Fourth Sister No One Really Talks About - Rodale Institute
3. Raised Bed Garden - the Sustainable/ Permaculture Way
4. Sustainable Raised Beds | Permaculture magazine
5. High Altitude Sustainable Gardening [Vegetable]
5 Things You Need to Know About Sustainable High Altitude Gardening | OutThere Colorado
Sustainable Vegetable Gardening - Key Slides
Books
RESOURCE CENTRAL https://resourcecentral.org/
GRASS REMOVAL + GARDEN RESOURCES FRONT RANGE COMMUNITIES
•PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES •LANDSCAPE SERVICES •DISPOSAL PROCESS MATERIALS For softscape, hardscape and building materials. •MULCH / COMPOST Free mulch opportunities, and mulch and compost for purchase throughout Front Range communities. •NURSERIES •SOD CUTTER RENTALS https://resourcecentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Front-Range- Resource-List_2020.pdf