Calling all Gardeners!
In celebration of Earth Month 2019, the Green Team formed a Water-Wise Garden Club dedicated to helping beautify our neighborhood while also saving water. Our philosophy is neighbor-helping-neighbor, so don’t be shy if you feel like a novice gardener.
The club has been meeting since April 2019. During the summer months, meetings are held at members’ gardens and include a variety of educational topics.Contact Emily at emily.l.hazen@gmail.com or Teresa at tpalumbo54@gmail.com for more information. Join us!
Native plants in a xeric garden
Water Conservation Resources:
- Denver Water presentation on “Water Efficiency in our Neighborhood”
- Colorado Water Conservation Board: “Ripple Effects – Colorado’s Water Plan In Action”
- Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Business H2O, Nov 7, 2017
- The film “The Great Divide” (local copies of film are available from the Green Team)
2018 “More Landscaping, Less Watering Walkshop” Event Summary
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon in April, about 30 neighbors gathered at the Sewall Sensory Garden on 10th and Milwaukee to hear about water-saving landscaping techniques AND to visit a handful of such water-wise yards. The event was named a “Walkshop” because of its format combining presentation with walking tour. John Plonsky of Denver Water kicked off the event with a short presentation on new water efficiency targets set by the utility to help us conserve this precious resource, and steps neighbors can take to reduce water usage, particularly focusing on landscaping. Following the presentation, the Walkshop group proceeded with a 1.5 mile walk around the neighborhood, visiting eight landscapes along the way. Each stop featured something a little different – from the newly installed Sewall Sensory garden designed to awaken senses of garden visitors, to do-it-yourself terraces and gardens, and even professionally landscaped yards. The intention of the event was to showcase a variety of approaches and more importantly to introduce neighbors to neighbors already doing this water-saving work.
Many thanks to our neighbors who graciously agreed to showcase their xeric yards and answer questions from the group. You all rock! Thanks too, to John from Denver Water for all of the great information and wonderful giveaways, especially some of the books!! And of course, thank you, Participants, for joining us and giving feedback on what you want next. Stay tuned as we work up the next set of events to promote water-conservation through this gorgeous landscaping approach!
