Name: Cultivating Colorado: Growing Native Plants in Your Home Landscape
Start: 2025-04-25T08:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-04-25T12:30:00-06:00
Location: Colorado Springs Utilities

Cultivating Colorado: Growing Native Plants in Your Home Landscape

This half-day workshop will cover landscape design, growing native plants, non-native turf removal, and native grass options.
About this Event

By gardening and landscaping with native plants you can create habitat and forage for wildlife, provide pollen and nectar resources for pollinators, save time on maintenance, conserve water, and save money on utilities and inputs. During this half-day workshop, you will learn the basics of designing with native plants, how to grow native plants from seed, how to remove existing non-native turf, and options for native grass installation.

This workshop is IN PERSON at the Colorado Springs Utilities Conservation and Environmental Center. Space is limited. Arrive 30 minutes early at 8am for an optional tour of the demonstration gardens before the workshop begins. The gardens will be open for self-guided tours after the workshop. Meals are not provided but there will be some light snacks.

The facilitators of this workshop include Catherine Moravec (Water Conservation Lead, Colorado Springs Utilities), Scott Winter (Project Manager, Colorado Springs Utilities), Allisa Zurbuchen (Horticulture Specialist, Colorado State University Extension), and Jan Berry (Colorado Master Gardener). Proceeds from the event will benefit continued horticulture programming for the community through Colorado State Univeristy Extension.

Colorado State University does not discriminate on the basis of disability and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. | Colorado State University no discrimina por motivos de discapacidad y se compromete a proporcionar adaptaciones razonables.

CSU’s Office of Engagement and Extension ensures meaningful access and equal opportunities to participate to individuals whose first language is not English.| Office of Engagement and Extension de CSU garantiza acceso significativo e igualdad de oportunidades para participar a las personas quienes su primer idioma no es el inglés.

Colorado State University Extension is an equal opportunity provider.| Colorado State es un proveedor que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.

If you are unable to attend due to financial difficulties or if you are in need of accommodations to attend this program, please contact [email protected] fourteen days in advance.