November 02, 2018
My “shopping list plants” in Fine Gardening magazine
My “Shopping List Plants” recommendations for the southwestern U.S. are in Fine Gardening magazine’s Fall 2026 issue …
Peaches, Hatch chiles, and…bear…at South Pearl Street Farmers Market
At the South Pearl Street Farmers Market I bought the best peaches I’ve ever had, watched Hatch chiles getting roasted, and saw a bear …
Rock solid: Anne Smith’s rock and trough garden in Boulder
Anne’s rock garden features a tumble of lichen-speckled boulders, textural dwarf conifers, and rugged troughs of delicate alpine plants …
Marmots, bighorns, and bristlecones up on Mount Blue Sky
We drove up Mount Blue Sky, one of Colorado’s 14ers, where we saw marmots, bighorn sheep, and bristlecone pines, plus epic views …
One hundred years and still going strong: Mount Vernon Garden in Washington Park
The Mount Vernon Garden in Denver’s Washington Park just turned 100 years old. A garden party and tour by Jane Packard marked the occasion …
Beth Lewis’s habitat garden brings in birds, toads, insects –and people
Denver gardener Beth Lewis ripped out her lawn and planted a waterwise garden for wildlife habitat, and she’s showing others the way …
After hours in the hillside garden of Panayoti Kelaidis
Panayoti Kelaidis is an institution in the gardening world. I visited his Denver garden in June as part of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Day …
Crevice garden and secret-garden path in Mike Kintgen’s garden
Mike Kintgen’s garden includes a ribbon-like crevice garden in the buffalograss lawn — a crevice design unlike any I’ve seen …
Flowering cacti and more in the garden of Steve Aegerter
A rainbow of flowering prickly pear cactus wowed me in the waterwise garden of Steve Aegerter on Denver’s Open Days tour …
My new home and garden (to be) in Denver
Turns out, moving 900 miles to a new state and downsizing houses is a walloping big life change. Here’s an update on my new home and garden …
Marilyn Raff’s garden of foliage, flowers, and fragrance
Arms uplifted in joy, a metal goddess welcomes you to the garden of author Marilyn Raff in Denver, Colorado …
Keith Funk’s rock garden under the pines
Keith’s garden sits at a busy street corner, and he’s used several design strategies to pull focus away from passing cars and into the garden …
Meadow garden in Washington Park’s Mount Vernon Garden
On the 250th birthday of America, let’s explore the meadow garden in the Mount Vernon Garden at Denver’s Washington Park …
Heidi’s pollinator garden in June bloom
Heidi Harris, aka Denver Dry Garden, invited me over for a morning garden visit, and it was all so pretty that I took a million photos …
