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June 23, 2026

The final garden from the Pueblo Open Days Tour two weeks ago was the Midway Xeric Garden. As soon as I drove into “The Blocks” neighborhood in historic Pueblo, I knew this would be my favorite kind of garden — an artist’s garden.

One of ...


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June 22, 2026

Sage Queen Garden — this evocative name intrigued me during the Pueblo Open Days Tour a couple weeks ago. Don’t you love when someone gives their garden a good name? It’s a reference to the meadow sage (Salvia nemorosa) the homeowners grow in abundance ...


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June 19, 2026

Drive two hours south of Denver to Pueblo, and you’re in a hotter, drier climate where cactus and yucca feel right at home. On June 6th, I toured three Pueblo gardens open to the public as part of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program. At the Conrad Fam...


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June 18, 2026

The gardens in Denver come into full flower in June, or so it seems to me. Each weekend offers another Open Days garden tour, and in between I’ve been soaking up the scenery at


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June 17, 2026

Red hot pokers are blazing right now in the Big Garden in Denver’s Washington Park. The meadow garden in which they’re planted is part of the park’s Pollinat...


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