Making Lyons Lovely
When the 2013 flood washed away Lyons, the Town Hall Plaza wasn’t spared. But a new wildlife garden habitat has risen from the mud to inspire residents and visitors alike.
Home & Garden
Jeff Hirota to lead the Community Foundation Boulder County
After 21 years with the foundation, Josie Heath retired as CEO in January 2017. She left big shoes to fill, but they’ve found a good fit in Jeff Hirota.
Getting Spiffed at BIFF
BIFF 2017: An amazing wealth of films screened at six venues in between the opening and closing nights that were peppered with parties galore.
Gear Up for Spring
Having appropriate gardening tools makes a BIG difference. With spring around the corner, here’s a guide to gear for various tasks.
Pack these winter days with some in-home fun
Winter. Let’s make the most of it, shall we? Winter’s a great season to tackle projects, and we’ve got a few suggestions.
Use cues from nature to brighten living spaces during the dreary winter
Interior stylist Selina Lake uses natural inspiration to brighten living spaces. Here are just a few of her tips.
Garden smarter and more efficiently: there’s an app for that
Apps for iPads and smartphones let you design your landscape, pick out perennials, lay out a vegetable garden and much more.
Holistic veterinary medicine could complement your pet’s conventional veterinarian care
Holistic health care is an option for animals, too.
Why more walls are suddenly wearing wallpaper
Wallpaper has made a splashy comeback, thanks to new technologies and striking designs
Tips for installing a bird feeder: How to help feathered friends survive a grueling winter
If you hang a bird feeder this winter, here are a few simple tips about how to help our feathered friends survive a grueling winter.
Feature Garden: Fairies, dragons, and angels inhabit this Mapleton Hill garden
As a ceramic artist and owner of Junie Moons Handmade Creations, June crafted numerous fairy houses and surrounded them with elements she thought fairies might enjoy,
Give a Little, Get a Lot
Here’s a list of five good-cause fundraisers and benefits in 2017 that could use your support. Feb. 4: Chocolate Lovers’ Fling Help victims of domestic violence while enjoying decadent chocolates of all makes and shapes at this fundraiser for the Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN). The 5:30-11 p.m. event at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in […]
Boulder Green Home Tour features tiny, Net Zero homes
The 2016 Boulder Green Home Tour featured homes included tiny, Net Zero, co-housing, shipping-container and passive-solar homes, among many others.
Wild About You at Greenwood Wildlife Rehab Center Event
Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center treats more than 3,000 animals annually Boulder County is pretty wild about wildlife, so it was gratifying to see the Sept. 30 Wild Night for Wildlife gala raise more than $115,000 for orphaned and injured wildlife at the Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center near Lyons. Around 250 attendees enjoyed beverages, gourmet sweets, […]
Longmont’s Colorado Horse Rescue holds annual fundraiser: The Mane Event
Colorado Horse Rescue in Longmont helps abused, abandoned and neglected horses.
Boulder Chamber of Commerce: Room to Vroom
The Boulder Chamber of Commerce's Drive Your Business night was full of Wow!
Totes, sleeping pillows, baklava, and dog treats
From sleeping pillows and totes to dog treats and people treats, our staff loves these things, and thought you might, too!
These decorating tips can help make your living space more inviting
Eye-pleasing interior designs are easy to achieve, even for the inexperienced. Here are 12 hacks to help decorating rookies get started.
Permaculture goal is to work with nature, not against it
Permaculture practitioners encourage you to take as little or as much as you’d like from their ethos.
Putting Bikes Where Our Values Are
Could bicycling to the places we need to go solve many of the county’s problems?
One of Mapleton Hill’s original historic mansions has a modern-day makeover
The Centenos kept the historic integrity of the home as they redesigned and rebuilt in accordance with the city’s historic-preservation policies.
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