Kevin Williams, horticulturist and Assistant Curator at Denver Botanic Gardens, shared plant design perspectives that derive from his vast knowledge of the steppe landscape.
Learn how we’re refining a stewardship and design approach that combines curated grassland seed mixes with designed planting to create intentional and self-sustaining plant communities as a substitute for sod.
Landscape Architect, Thomas Rainer, speaks about the latest knowledge, philosophies, and intricacies of plant design.
What is a lawn? In different parts of the country, the answer is not the same.
Contrary to popular belief, the most densely planted gardens require the least amount of maintenance.
The xeric garden—misconstrued as a barren and unflattering landscape—deserves a different narrative. While many people picture a landscape filled with swaths of rock and singular desert plants, the xeric garden can easily blossom into the opposite. Let’s look at some Tree of Life projects that practice the principles of xeriscape (and dispel some myths along the way).
We welcome spring as a season of new life, fresh perspective, of warmth and color and calm. It’s the time of year when nature most closely meets our biological and psychological needs to make us feel happy, hopeful, and safe. Learn more about the science behind why springtime makes us feel so good.