gardening

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    Farm Tour at Highwater Farm

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    You are invited to a free public Farm Tour at Highwater Farm! From 9-11am on Friday, July 14, we will be giving tours of our small-but-mighty regenerative veggie farm along the Colorado River in Silt. This is a great opportunity to learn about our growing practices, meet our staff, enjoy…

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    Kim Doyle Wille shares abundance

    Kim Doyle Wille shares abundance thumbnail Kim Doyle Wille has invested around $3,000 in grow rooms for plant starts at her home in El Jebel. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

    Melons, squash, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant and herbs, plus over 100 varieties of pollinator-friendly flowers — all of these and more are growing from seed and seeking soil.

    Kim Doyle Wille has golden eyes reflecting a golden heart. She’s also got some 5,000 plant starts, representing around 400 different varieties, spilling… read more →

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    CRMS Annual Plant Sale

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    The Annual Plant Sale is back – get your garden growing!
    Tomatoes • Herbs • Veggies • Annual Flowers • Perennials • Seed Potatoes • Onion Plants & More!

    SATURDAY, MAY 20 • 9 AM – 3 PM
    SUNDAY, MAY 21 • 9 AM – 3 PM
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    Garden Dye Workshop

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    Katie Browne will host an evening of natural dyeing in the back garden at Tiny Pine. Learn to use flowers and other plants to eco-print on natural fibers while sipping on botanical beverages. This class is a lovely activity to celebrate Mother’s Day! Guests will leave with 2 beautiful self-dyed…

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    ‘Adopt a Pot’ grows into a garden

    ‘Adopt a Pot’ grows into a garden thumbnail This Roaring Fork Leadership team, "The Bonedale Squad," was one iteration of recruiting volunteers to care for public gardens. Courtesy photo

    When Leary Gorman saw “Adopt a Garden” in his neighborhood park last summer, he leapt on it, the first to officially adopt a garden through Town Arborist Carl Meinecke’s 1-year-old program.

    “I was working at the time, driving by every day, and it was a mess. This is… read more →

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    9th Annual Permaculture Academy

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    Do you want to take your permaculture education to the next level?

    Join us for our 9th Permaculture Academy on beautiful Basalt Mountain! This 9-day, 2-course academy is one of the most in-depth Permaculture Programs currently offered anywhere, taught by leading professionals in the field. It’s designed to shorten the…

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    Sun showers in the sunflowers

    Sun showers in the sunflowers thumbnail Elle Mullen frolics among the sunflowers at the Basalt Community Garden. Photo by Elizabeth Key

    The Basalt Community Garden is blooming in Southside, just west of Basalt High School. In its 10th year of operation, the half-acre garden has reached capacity. Currently, almost 100 garden plots are traversed by bark mulch paths supporting a whole new crop of gardeners. Gayle Shugars, one of the garden’s… read more →

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    Glenwood Garden Club gathers greenthumbs

    Glenwood Garden Club gathers greenthumbs thumbnail Michelle Diamond (left) and Judy O'Donnell in Diamond's vibrant garden. Photo by James Steindler

    Since 1931, the Glenwood Garden Club has provided a space “to stimulate knowledge and love of gardening and aid in the protection of mature trees, plants and birds and encourage specific plantings,” according to its original mission. Today, its purpose remains much the same, Ann English, a former… read more →

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    Scuttlebutt / Calendar - March 10, 2021

    Scuttlebutt / Calendar – March 10, 2021 thumbnail What do fragments of DNA recovered from a tooth in Siberia have in common with a broken knife found below the surface of a muddy pond in Florida and the footprints of children left thousands of years ago on the banks of an ancient lake in New Mexico? They are all important to piecing together the puzzle of the origins of the First Peoples of the Americas, as found in the New York Times bestseller “Origin: A genetic history of the Americas.” If you want to know more, tune into KDNK’s public affairs program For Land’s Sake on Monday, March 14, at 4 p.m. Host Bill Kight will interview author Jennifer Raff (pictured). Photo courtesy of Devin Clarke

    Search and rescue

    Garfield County’s Search and Rescue Team is now recruiting volunteers to help “find the lost, rescue the stranded and injured, recover the deceased and educate the public on wilderness and mountain safety,” writes the sheriff’s office. At no cost, the average team member will receive over 400… read more →