There are so many reasons to garden with native plants: they provide beauty through unique displays, create habitat and food for pollinators and wildlife, are easy to care for, and conserve water. Dave is an avid native plant gardener, and can provide training and resources about growing plants native to the Front Range of Colorado.

Links to resources and public programs:

• Dave’s Native Plant Garden Photo Gallery - Inspiration for Your Native Landscape
  (You never knew Xeriscape could look like this!)

• Embrace the Shadows: Dave’s guide to Full / Partial Dry Shade Colorado Natives
  (Colorado Native Plant Socieity Blog)

• Dave’s Faves: A short list of my FAVORITE Front Range native plants for gardens

• Intro Handout from Dave’s native plant gardening classes (2 pp PDF)

• Pollinator Gardening with Native Plants: My Free Classes Offered May-June, Sept.-Oct.

• Open Spce Detailed Growing Tips for over 100 Colorado native plants

• Front Range Wild Ones Native Plant Tool Kit (incredible library of resources)

• Colorado Native Plant Society Suggested Low-Water Native Plants for Pollinators

• Cool Boulder: Pollinator Pathway Project (another library of great resources) 

• How to KILL YOU LAWN: Removing your Turf (one of the hardest steps….)

• AWESOME guide to germinating specific native plant seeds - the BIBLE

• Instructions (& video) for Zip-lock Bag Germination Method

• Free Water! Redirect natural rainfall to make a “Rain Garden!”