Nature Nurtures: Biophilic Design
Biophilic design is a mashup of architecture, psychology and biology that honors our innate desire to connect with nature and natural systems.
Home & Garden
Meet Artist Ada Schwehr
Longmont-based artist Ada Schwehr’s jewelry and portraits inspire healing through foraged botanicals.
Sheltered Sanctuary
Using high tunnels and greenhouses for cool-season growing
Heat pumps bring comfort in both hot and cold weather
A heat pump is a more climate-friendly way to heat and cool your home and can also improve indoor air quality.
Community Fruit Rescue helps reduce waste and get healthy food to people in need.
Since Community Fruit Rescue’s inception in 2014, harvest volunteers have rescued more than 70,000 pounds of fruit.
Feature Home: Open to Change
A thoughtful remodel gives an Erie ranch home more space, storage and light without adding any square footage.
Night Gardens
Grow your own night garden with flowers that bloom or release their fragrance after the sun sets. Plant list compiled with input from Harlequin's Gardens.
Cooking with Gas?
Gas stoves may be harmful to your health. The good news? Alternatives are a lot better than they used to be.
Breathe Easy
If it’s a smoky day, take as many of these steps as possible to preserve your health and breathe easier while indoors.
Lightening the Load
Copper Labs uses real-time energy data to help utilities and their customers shift non-essential energy use to off-peak times.
Where To Go: Summer 2022
Summer brings longer days, meaning more time to get out and visit area gardens, learn something new and explore all that BoCo has to offer.
Love It and Leave It: Self-Watering Containers
In hot, dry climates like Colorado’s, where back yards bake in the high heat and abundant sun, self-watering planters are an answer to gardeners’ prayers. By Lisa Muschinski Colorado is tough on outdoor container plants. They dry up before you can get around to watering them, and they often need water multiple times a […]
Beneficial Bokashi
Fermenting your kitchen scraps before composting them can prevent waste, sequester carbon and give your garden a boost.
Create a Summer Haven
There’s nothing quite like enjoying a fresh breeze and sipping a cool drink while lounging on your deck or patio. But the Colorado sun is intense, and shelter of some sort is often mandatory.
Pet Pads: Home Design for Pets
It’s no secret that Boulder County pet guardians consider their dogs and cats family—and they’re doing everything they can to create perfect pet-pampering properties. By Sara Bruskin Boulder County residents are going way beyond doggie doors and cat flaps in their quests to make their homes as fun and pet-friendly as they can be. […]
Feature Garden: Retention Song
Artful landscaping makes a rebuilt property in Boulder’s Newlands neighborhood look like it’s always been there.
True Colors
Three BoCo creatives discuss how working with natural pigments gives their work brilliance and sustainability they could never get from synthetics.
Hügelkultur: Mounds of Potential
Not only is “Hügelkultur” fantastically fun to say, it’s the name of a permaculture technique that’s gaining popularity among eco-conscious gardeners.
Growing for Community Good
We are fortunate in Boulder County to have dozens of nonprofits working to help increase our access to fresh, healthy, affordable food.
Bountiful Bridal Bouquets
Local experts weigh in on the top trends in wedding flowers, with tips on which varieties can withstand the test of time.
Create crisp, clean borders in your garden with these edging options
Determining what type of edging to put in your landscaping can be more than a matter of optimal function.
