Gardens & Landscapes

Seed Starting with Kids

  By Eri Matsumura | Fort Collins Nursery   The growing season is just around the corner, and April is the perfect time to start prepping for what’s to grow in our vegetable gardens. Here […]

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Ease in the Front Range Garden

Indigo Deany | Fort Collins Nursery   When we plant something in our garden, many of us— sometimes without realizing— expect something in return. Maybe you’ll relate: the satisfaction of the physical exertion of digging […]

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Mulch Ado About…Something?

By Bryan Fischer, Curator of Plant Collections and Horticulturist    This is the second time I’ve written about mulch in six weeks. And, it’s not because mulch is exciting, it’s because I cannot shout it […]

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Trending Houseplants for 2024

By Kelly Kellow | The Gardens on Spring Creek Horticulturist Every year in horticulture, there seems to be something new and trending.  There is the color of the year, perennial of the year, annual of […]

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Plant Life in the Dead of Winter

by Andrew Scott | The Gardens on Spring Creek Horticulturist Many, many studies suggest that just being in nature can reduce stress, lift one’s mood, and generally improve mental health in addition to bulking up […]

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Blooming Success: Larimer County Master Gardeners Study the Top Tomatoes and Perfect Peppers for Northern Colorado

For five years, the Colorado State University Extension Master Gardeners in Larimer County conducted variety trials to determine which tomato and sweet pepper varieties perform best in Northern Colorado.   Larimer County Extension provides practical education […]