Tag: Rocky Mountain Native Plants
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TAOS Distillery: Transforming Thistle
Follow the transformation of thistle into tea & artwork by Swiss based artist, Daniela Jules Garza during a Creature Conserve supported residency at the TAOS distillery in New Mexico
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Congress Park News Summer Garden Column: CLAY
Summer Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Cultivating the heavy CLAY soils of Denver
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Congress Park News Spring Garden Column: Steppe Communities; Plants & People
Spring Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Steppe communities: Plants & People
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STILES Mothers Day: Madam CJ Walker
The Stiles African American Heritage Center hosted a Saturday Afternoon Tea Plant Exchange to honor Madam CJ Walker. Volunteers planted native plants in the garden, focusing on community collaboration without a strict plan. They aim to promote biodiversity and support pollinators, sharing plants and seeds with neighbors to enhance local ecosystems.
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STILES – Saturday Afternoon Tea honoring Aunt Clara Brown
The Stiles African American Heritage Gardens honors plant relationships as expressed by prominent historical figures who helped define Denver and the west as we know it today. This tea features plant medicine as practiced by Aunt Clara Brown.
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Structuring the Stiles African American Heritage Garden II: STONES
The structuring of the Stiles African American Heritage Gardens began with boxing in the oak as a reference to the Underground Railroad and a platform for the collection of plants used as food and medicine by those seeking freedom.
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Structuring the Stiles African American Heritage Garden I: DOGS
The structuring of the Stiles African American Heritage Gardens began with boxing in the oak as a reference to the Underground Railroad and a platform for the collection of plants used as food an d medicine by those seeking freedom.
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STILES – Tearing Out Three Layers of Weed Cloth
After receiving a grant from Denver Arts & Venues PS You Are Here program, we started restoring the land by opening the soil to the sky and moisture after 30 years of being smothered under weed cloth
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Congress Park News Fall Garden Column: Leave the Leaves
Fall Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Leave the Leaves in fall to support pollinators winter habitat. In turn, pollinators offer protein rich meals for spring hatchlings.
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Congress Park News Summer Garden Column: Garden Edits: Weeding
Spring Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Getting started with Native Plants in Denver
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