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August 5, 2011Denver Urban Gardens has over 100 gardens in and around Denver, so chances are, if you've live anywhere near or in Denver, you've seen one. Urban gardening provides community residents the oppurtunity to grow their own food, participate in urban renewal and to help local nonprofits out with h ... More >>
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July 18, 2011Jenny AnDespite Colorado's short growing season, there's a growing movement in town of restaurants starting their own gardens. And Parsley has taken the local movement to a new level -- its roof.
The tiny, organically-minded lunch spot in the Golden Triangle has planted a garden on top of it ... More >>
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June 30, 2011Davin RiskGardening writer Gayla Trail says that one of the strangest places she's seen a plant growing was corn coming up out of a crack in the pavement in an alley. Trail will use this, and other examples, to help inspire gardeners to grow their own plants even in the smallest, strangest sp ... More >>
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June 6, 2011
Traditionally, several Native American groups planted sunflowers on the north side of their gardens as a "fourth sister" to complement the better known three sisters combination of corn, beans, and squash. Denver gardeners can cultivate a quick history and pay tribute to a north-side Denver ... More >>
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May 17, 2011FlickrAt this writing, the most viewed Boulder Daily Camera article involves Christian Eduardo Guitierrez and Christopher James Bagnall II, 26-year-olds ticketed for allegedly picking, stomping or otherwise destroying tulips on the Pearl Street Mall. It's a uniquely Boulder story -- one that ... More >>
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February 10, 2011Blogs
October 2, 2010 A Flickr photo.Denver loves the home-grown chain Chipotle, and the restaurant empire has been loving Denver right back. On September 11, several Chipotle locations donated a portion of their proceeds to B-Cycle. And today, all metro-area Chipotles will ll be giving 50 percent of the proceeds ... More >>
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August 19, 2010railyarddogs.orgRailyard Dog Park construction.Students returning to East High School today can look forward to a lesson in community involvement over the next two years, courtesy of Denver's parks department.
By the end of September, the city plans to demolish the former Safeway/Church in t ... More >>
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May 13, 2010Blogs
August 19, 2009 Joel WarnerHolly Arnold Kinney and neighbor Matt Slater in Kinney's greenhouseMost of the gardening operations I've been exploring as part of "Urbavore's Dilemma," my summer-long series on the local urban agriculture movement, are grassroots affairs: compost bins made from recycled plastic b ... More >>
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August 18, 2009Joel WarnerHolly Arnold Kinney and neighbor Matt Slater in Kinney's greenhouseUrbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backy ... More >>
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August 4, 2009For everything, there is a season -- and for this greenhouse, it's the last winter.This week, crews at the Denver Botanic Gardens are removing ten greenhouses, many of which have been at the DBG's York Street site for decades, in advance of a $16 million renovation that should be completed by ... More >>
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August 4, 2009Joel WarnerAshara Ekundayo and Maurice Ka at the Eastside Growers Collective gardenUrbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from ... More >>
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June 2, 2009Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Chec ... More >>
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May 5, 2009Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. His ... More >>
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April 23, 2009Channel your inner fairy or elf at this annual springtime parade.
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July 19, 2007When it comes to the Southwest, English is the new Spanish.
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May 24, 2007Old Matelski had a farm ...
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March 25, 2004CSU Master Gardener website
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February 13, 2003Where it's always showtime
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April 4, 2002Pawnee National Grassland
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September 27, 2001A fear of development is growing in community gardens around Denver.
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June 14, 2001Employee concerns bring an early frost to the Botanic Gardens' blossoming bond proposal.
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March 29, 2001Food & Drink
March 29, 2001The Wildflower at the Lodge at Vail
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September 7, 2000Rosedale Community Garden gives people a little piece of the prairie.
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June 29, 2000Box Canyon Restoration, City Park
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June 29, 2000Groundcovers Greenhouse and Nursery
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March 9, 2000North High school's Greenhouse Club keeps on growing.
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May 23, 1996Gardening prodigy Jonah Bradley is already a perennial favorite.
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May 16, 1996When the U.S. declared war on drugs, Colorado's carnation industry went up in smoke
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December 6, 1995THIS IS BUCK OLETSKI. HE'LL GIVE YOU THE DIRT ON HIS FAMILY.
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February 23, 1994UP IN WINDBLOWN CHEYENNE, SHANE SMITH CULTIVATES ALL KINDS OF LIVING THINGS--BANANAS, SWEET PEAS AND PEOPLE NO ONE ELSE WANTS.
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