When choosing any plant for your yard, it’s always important to consider the right growing conditions, but increasingly, even in temperate areas, we need to look at drought-tolerant planting as an ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The idea that suburban gardens might be “sustainable” came late to ...

A Xeriscaped front yard for water conservation features a dry creek bed. Ornamental grasses and turf lawn alternatives will save water in a xeriscape landscape. Tropical milkweed is a beautiful ...

While preparing to write this week’s column, I clicked down into a rabbit hole of links on the San Joaquin Master Gardener website, and discovered a fascinating paper posted on the University of ...

If you have a dry garden with sandy soil, it can be a bit challenging to find interesting plants that will not only thrive under these conditions but also look fabulous at the same time. To add both ...

Always wanted to make a dry landscape? Here are some easy Zen garden ideas, including what you need and how to complete it. A Zen garden, otherwise known as a Japanese rock garden, is meant to be a ...

Coloradoan Conversations is the Coloradoan's opinion forum. Each Friday we'll pose two conversation-starting questions online at Coloradoan.com/opinion and moderate ...

This landscape by Timberline Landscaping was recently recognized at the ELITE Award ceremony by the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado. The project was a finalist in the Use of Color ...