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Introduction to Xeriscaping
Monday, April 9th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Julie Hauser, Indigo Landscape Design
Center for ReSource Conservation
2639 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO 80302 |
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Discover how xeriscaping can help you create a beautiful landscape that saves water and time. Julie Hauser, owner of Indigo Landscape Design, will share techniques for designing and installing a successful water-wise landscape. This class is intended for beginners and participants are strongly encouraged to come with questions.
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Introduction to Xeriscape
Tuesday, April 10th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Ben Bookout, EcoScape Environmental Designs
Lafayette Public Library
775 West Baseline Road, Lafayette, CO |
| Discover how xeriscaping can help you create a beautiful landscape that saves water and time. Ben Bookout, from EcoScape Environmental Design will share techniques for designing and installing a successful water-wise landscape. This class is intended for beginners and participants are strongly encouraged to come with questions. |
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Integrating Xeriscape into your Existing Landscape
Tuesday, April 10th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Curtis Manning, Arcadia Design Group
Louisville Recreation & Senior Services
900 West Via Appia, Louisville, CO 80027 |
| Whether you are looking to replace a lot of high water-use grass or xeriscape some of your yard, this seminar will teach you how to transform non-functional areas of your landscapes into stunning areas that you can enjoy. In this seminar, we’ll cover the 7 principles of xeriscape design and discuss the “how to’s” from design phase to completion. Learn valuable tools for the do-it-yourselfer on how to renovate your landscape within your budget |
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Creating a Lush Xeriscape-
4 Seasons of Beauty
Wednesday, April 11th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Jay Markel, Viriditas
City of Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street, Golden, CO |
| Low-water gardens can provide beauty and texture to your landscape all year long. Jay Markel, founder and lead designer of Viridias, has a four-decade career in art and landscape design and will share practical ways to make your xeriscape garden a stunning addition to your home throughout the year. |
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The Must Have Plants for your Xeriscape Garden
Wednesday, April 11th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Lafayette Public Library
775 West Baseline Road, Lafayette, CO |
| One of the most exciting parts of creating a xeriscape garden is selecting the plants that will thrive in your yard and provide your landscape with color and vibrancy. This seminar will teach you about plants that are both extremely durable, climate appropriate and provide lasting beauty. If you want to know the must have plants for any Colorado gardening enthusiast this is the presentation for you. |
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Edible Xeriscape
Thursday, April 12th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Bill Melvin, EcoScape Environmental Designs
Center for ReSource Conservation
2639 Spruce St, Boulder, CO |
| Learn how to combine an edible garden with a water-wise one in this exciting seminar. Bill Melvin, owner of Ecoscape Environmental Designs will share his knowledge of low-water ways to grow some of your own food. |
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WaterWise Irrigation
Saturday, April 14th
10:00am-12:00pm
David Bailey, Urban Oasis Design
Center for ReSource Conservation
2639 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO |
| On the Front Range a healthy garden is synonymous with a healthy irrigation system. Even the driest xeriscapes require consistent water to establish.
This course will cover simple irrigation systems of the past and the latest in irrigation technology. By looking into the past we will be able to learn simple low budget ways to utilize rain water. We will look to future irrigation challenges and how present technology and methodology can provide us with solutions. This course will include hands on irrigation repair and an active assessment of ways to improve the E Boulder Rec Centers existing irrigation system. This course should be fun for beginners and informative for irrigation experts. |
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Using Nature’s Way to Water Your Landscape
Tuesday, April 17th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Alison Peck, Matrix Gardens
Longmont Library |
| Ever wondered how you can put rain water to use in your landscape? Alison Peck, owner of Martix Gardens, will give you tips and how-to’s on using natural precipitation to save water and create a lush landscape. |
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Xeriscape for Pollinators
Monday, April 16th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Longmont Public Library, Meeting Room
409 4th Avenue, Longmont, CO 80501 |
| Low-water gardens can be a wonderful home for butterflies and other pollinators. In this seminar we will provide you with the information and steps needed to have a lush garden that provides a fruitful habitat for pollinators of all shapes and sizes. |
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Xeriscaping: Beyond the Basics
Saturday, April 21st
10:00am-12:00pm
Kenton Seth, Horticulturalist
West View Recreation Center
10747 W. 108th Ave., Westminster, Co
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| In this seminar, we’ll cover the 7 principles of xeriscape design and much more. Kenton will go into more of the details of xeriscape gardening to help get your green thumb going! Learn valuable tools for the do-it-yourselfer on how to renovate your landscape within your budget. |
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Landscaping for Conservation
Thursday, April 19th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Town Hall Board Room
645 Holbrook Street, Erie, CO |
| This seminar will explore various techniques to use in designing and maintaining your landscape that will promote the conservation of our natural resources. Through a little planning and the use of some innovative methods, you can learn how to use your landscape to help reduce energy and water use.
The CRC would like to thank the cities of Boulder, Golden, Lafayette, Longmont, Louisville, Erie and Westminster for sponsoring 2012 Water-Wise Landscape Seminar Week and making the seminars available to you. |
