Vanessa Harmony

• Locations: News By Olivia Emmer Published Mar. 29, 2023

  Fruitful labor

  Linda Giesecke of Carbondale practices pruning a fruit tree as part of a free workshop. Pruning fruit trees can lead to larger fruit, as the plant sends its resources to fewer branches.

  A bushy apricot tree neighboring the Rio Grande trail was abuzz with chatter and the snap of pruning shears. A group of mostly Carbondale residents had assembled to learn about caring for fruit trees. Hosted by Colorado State University (CSU) Extension, Colorado Edible Forest, UpRoot Colorado and Pitkin County Open… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion By Angelica Breña Published Oct. 5, 2022

  The girl with the green thumb

  Vanessa Harmony, photo by Julian Nihill

  Translation by Julian Nihill

  Vanessa Harmony is an excellent model for our new era: innovative, dynamic and concerned about the environment. Breaking from the social convention of marrying and having children, she embarked on studying and rigorously experimenting with nature. Now, professionally, she observes, cares for and curates the healthy… read more →

• Locations: Español By Angelica Breña Published Oct. 5, 2022

  Ella tiene el ‘dedo verde’

  Vanessa Harmony apuesta por el cuidado del medio ambiente en su vivero. Foto de Kathleen Cole

  Vanessa Harmony es una digna representante de nuestra nueva era: innovadora, dinámica, y preocupada por el medio ambiente. Rompiendo los esquemas sociales de casarse y tener hijos, se lanzó a estudiar y experimentar formalmente la naturaleza. Ahora, de manera profesional observa, cuida y cura el buen crecimiento de seres arbóreos… read more →

• Locations: Columns By Geneviève Villamizar Published Aug. 10, 2022

  Branching Out: Magic of the Lost Trees

  Geneviéve Villamizar

  Once upon a time, a young woman typed the last of data into a computer at a desk in a cubicle back East. The saltwater coursing within her ached to lap at shores of earth, to kiss the trees and touch the sky. 

  She encountered masters on her new… read more →

• Locations: Español By Raleigh Burleigh Published May. 4, 2022

  Cada árbol es un ecosistema en miniatura

  Vanessa Harmony de coloradoedibleforest.com ayuda a Remy Davyln (de cuatro años) con regar un árbol recién plantado durante un evento de Aspen Valley Land Trust y Wilderness Workshop/Defiende Nuestra Tierra el 30 de abril. Foto de Raleigh Burleigh

  Traducción por Dolores Duarte

  Este 29 de abril, en el Día del Árbol, los amantes de los árboles tuvieron una buena razón y amplias oportunidades para celebrarlo.

  La historia del Día del Árbol en Estados Unidos data de la década de 1870. Julius Sterling Morton, editor del Nebraska City News,… read more →