City Park West Neighborhood Association

Neighborhood Gardening

Spring Yard Care Tips

Hi,
Spring is here and everyone is beginning to think about what they should be
doing in the yard and garden.

Gardening conditions here along the Front Range are very different from other
areas of the country and we have many people moving into our metro
neighborhoods who are new to Colorado.

I represent the Denver Master Gardeners and we would like to acquaint your
neighborhood group with our services.

A Master Gardener is a graduate of the nation-wide Master Gardener training
system. In this system county organizations provide research-based
information and educational programs, tailored to fit local needs, using
resources from the state land grant university and the United States
department of Agriculture.

In our state the Master Gardener program is administered by Colorado State
University, through each county's CSU Cooperative Extension office. Master
Gardeners are trained to help the gardening public solve their gardening
problems. We are volunteers and there is no charge for our services.

We have a webpage:
Denver Master
Gardener, Gardening & Horticulture
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG
(or you can type Denver Master Gardener into any search engine)

Here we have information on most gardening topics (flowers, trees & shrubs,
fruits & vegetables, lawns, soil, ponds, xeriscape, children in the garden,
houseplants, etc.), a glossary, FAQ, community resources; a monthly calendar
of gardening tips, pest alerts and average weather statistics; links to other
gardening sites and more. You can ask a master gardener questions by phone
(720-913-5278) or email
denvermg@coop.ext.colostate.edu .

Could you please make this information available to the members of your
group? If you could give them our webpage address at your next meeting, and
print it in your next newsletter, we would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,
Judy Sedbrook
Denver Master Gardeners