Native Plant Resources
Southwest Chapter Meet Up! Seed Up!
Come socialize with the Southwest Chapter of the Colorado Native Plant Society and pick up your native seeds for this year's growing season. We will be giving away native seeds and demonstrating how to make a peat free soil for your native plant propagation efforts. Come meet your new SW Chapter Chair, Kenar Houghton. Kenar did research on this gravel-compost mix. Her results concluded that this soil media is similar to native soils chemically while peat moss is extremely different. Moving toward a peat-free horticultural environment could be one of the most important steps we take to slow climate change effects. Come learn more. We look forward to reconnecting with you after this winter and/or meeting you for the first time. All are welcome!
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Learn more about native plants at the Colorado Native Plant Society website
There is a wealth of information on native plants at the Colorado Native Plants website. Consider joining to learn more about native plants with their publications and conferences. There is a Southwest Colorado chapter which meets in and around Durango on a regular basis.
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Get a Preview of Plant Select’s 2024 Introductions and Learn More About Them from Ross Shrigley
Every year, Plant Select introduces a new collection of beautiful, waterwise and resilient plants to garden centers and wholesale suppliers. Plants are trialed and tested for 2-5 years at Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado State University, and public and private gardens. Here are the new plants for 2024 as well as some favorite introductions from the last few years.
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Native Plants in the Durango Botanic Gardens
Our gardens have long contained many native plant varieties (see attached file). In addition, our new Pollinator Garden Along the Trail features many native plants as a rich food supply for our valuable pollinators.
Coming Soon: In 2024, we will begin installation of a new garden—the Community Venue Garden (CVG), including a section devoted entirely to native plants (see schematic).
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Durango Tree and Shrub Guide
Thanks to the support of the Durango City Council and the Citizens of Durango, the City has been recognized as a Tree City USA since 1980 and through working with the Public Works Department to minimize…