When planning changes to your landscape, consider incorporating designs that prioritize sustainability and support local ecosystems. Selecting pollinator-friendly plants helps attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects to your garden, ensuring healthy pollination and vibrant growth throughout the seasons. Opting for low-water plants not only conserves water but also reduces maintenance needs, making your landscape more resilient during dry periods.
Plant Select has created several free Waterwise Landscape Designs.
Northern Water provides six sustainable landscape design templates. These detailed templates feature plants that are generally easy to find. If you are looking for inspiration, we suggest you explore the Conservation Gardens at the Northern Water Campus in Berthoud. The gardens are free of charge and open to the public year-round.
Resource Central, a Boulder County nonprofit, has established "Gardens in a Box" to help homeowners easily create specific garden types. The garden design is included with your plant order.
The City of Longmont provides useful information for homeowners interested in conserving water through best practices for irrigation and landscape design.
Front Range Wild Ones encourages planting native “Coloradoscapes” and Rain Gardens.
If you want to learn more about plants that are native to the Front Range, we suggest a visit to the Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens in Lyons. RMGB is free of charge and open to the public year-round.
CSU Extension provides numerous educational fact sheets.
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