A less colorful spring
Submitted by ALCC Along the Front Range, snowfall on May 1 feels late for a blast of winter. Yet, do you remember 2002 when we had snow on May 24? Most of us hope history won’t repeat itself as we really are done with the white season and ready to move on to the green one. [...]
Top 10 Colorado landscape trends for 2013
Submitted by ALCC Times of drought compel us to be more aware not only of water, but all our natural resources. How do we use and enjoy our landscapes and also protect them? These sustainable concerns are reflected in the top ten landscape trends for 2013 reported by the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado. Multipurposing [...]
Swingle offers pest predictions for 2013
Submitted by Steve Geist, Swingle Plant Pathologist What’s in store for your landscape? The answer to this question is somewhat predicated on how the remainder of spring plays out. Cool and wet springs bring more foliage diseases and aphids. Warm and dry weather encourages canker diseases and mites. New pests that simply make things look [...]
Open space contract signed for heart of CHV
By Jan Wondra On May 8, Cherry Hills Village Mayor Doug Tisdale inked an agreement that will establish a two-and-one-half acre open space area in the heart of the city. The agreement, between the Village and HN Partners, Ltd, will establish the Alan Hutto Memorial Commons adjacent to the new Joint Public Safety Facility, across [...]
Spring has sprung – finally
By Tom Barry On the first day of May, people expect to wake up to birds chirping, blue skies, bright sunshine, brilliant blossoms and tapestries of green grass. Instead, May Day was welcomed in by cold temps, limited visibility and blankets of white snowflakes covering the brilliant spring landscape. “We almost made the top 10 [...]
Spring-cleaning: Time to prune and clean up trees
By Steve Geist, Swingle Plant Pathologist Do you have your spring-cleaning chores lined up? Clean the garage, get unused clothes out of your closets and straighten up some of the clutter in the basement. Include your trees they also will appreciate spring-cleaning. Cleaning is a pruning technique describing the removal of dead, dying, diseased weakly [...]
Southeast Denver community electronic waste recycle day is May 18
First Plymouth Congregational Church will be hosting an electronic waste collection event in the church parking lot at 3501 S. Colorado Blvd. on Saturday, May 18. The site will be open from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Electronic items to be accepted include most small household electronics, including computers, monitors, printers, faxes, scanners, VCRs, DVDs, [...]
Fertilizer 101: Learn the basics of fertilizing in spring
Submitted by ALCC With good weather back in Colorado, you may have a hankering to get outside this weekend and make something happen in the yard. But if fertilizing the lawn is on your mind, think again. Especially if you applied fertilizer last fall, the lawn should not need another application until mid-May or later. [...]
Designs By Sundown builds first major league ballpark garden
Designs By Sundown announced a successful collaboration with the Colorado Rockies, ARAMARK and The Institute for the Built Environment at Colorado State University on the design and installation of the innovative culinary garden located at Gate A of Coors Field. Known as The Garden, the Rockies exclusive concessionaire, ARAMARK, will have BECSU plant various herbs, [...]
April freeze delays spring planting, yard work
Submitted by Steve Geist, Swingle Plant Pathologist The recent record setting freezing temperatures will impact your landscape. On April 9 the low temperature plunged to 9 degrees after a record daytime low high temperature of 22. The low temperature of 6 degrees on April 10 also broke the previous record of 7 degrees. Northeast Colorado [...]
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