Parker Arts Lecture: Growing a Drought-Resistant Garden

Parker Arts Lecture: Growing a Drought-Resistant Garden

Speaker: Robert Sanchez, Colorado Master Gardener, Douglas County Extension

Colorado coined the term “xeriscape” when water providers and garden specialists addressed severe drought facing the state decades ago. Since then, water-wise and sustainable gardening has spread as global gardeners learned how to successfully garden with limited resources.

Robert Sanchez will present the science supporting sustainable and water-wise gardening specific to the Front Range, including the effects climate change has on plants, the principles of xeriscaping, why native plants are important to native pollinators and how that affects sustainable gardening, and tips for growing in harsh Front Range conditions.