There are more questions about gardening in Summit County, Colorado than there are rocks in the soil. The exchange of questions and ideas has been vital to the growth of knowledge about what grows here, how to start a garden here, etc. One of the Garden Club's missions is to educate.
We hope this page will help expand the exchange of information and ideas. Please fill out the form below and we will forward it to one of our local resources. The answer may be posted here, or we may respond to you individually, and even discussed at the monthly meeting.

What is "Xeriscape"?
Xeriscape
xeros - derived from Greek meaning dry

This landscaping term was handpicked for extreme Colorado weather. In fact is was first used by a special task force of the Denver Water Department, Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado and Colorado State University to describe water conservation in landscaping. A term to be taken seriously where water becomes a more and more serious issue every season, especially when the average home uses fifty percent of their water for landscaping. Xeriscaping works to prevent such problems. Here are just some important things to focus on, but there is so much more information, this is only to get you started.
1. Plan ahead. Look where your plants are and where you want them to go.
2. Consider the slope or grade.
3. Avoid too much turf.
4. Soil preparation.
5. Mulch.
6. Proper irrigation.

An excerpt from "The Complete Guide to Frisco, Summit County, Colorado, 2001" pg. 39. Author: Laura Meheen

What was the name of the orange flower and the name of the marigold that is hardy @ 10,000 feet, that Jane Hendrix mentioned in her program in April?
I think it was a "Mexican Marigold." A couple different marigolds have this common name: Tagetes lucida, and Tagetes lemmonii. This marigold is an annual; it will not winter over. It does seem to be more frost tolerant than the standard marigold.
Gernot Katzer - botanic information and food use
Mexican Mint Marigold - photo and link to use in bread (see photo to right)
SeedQuest - seed source
HerbNet - herbal information
PlantAdvisor.com - photo and brief description
Desert-Tropical.com - photo and brief description

I would like to join but I do not have the address to mail the membership dues and my information.
Please see membership form. Briefly, please send $20.00, name, phone, address and email address to PO Box 3591, Breckenridge, CO 80424.   (Please know that your information will not be shared with any other parties.)

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