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▶ Vlog Plant Pick of the Month Mojave Sage Salvia pachyphylla ‘Mojave Sage’ Eva at Durango Botanic Gardens explaining why Mojave Sage earns its keep in a xeric border. Water needs Very low once established Hardiness Zone 5 – 8 Bloom Summer through fall Firewise
Design When Do You Need a Licensed Landscape Architect & Why We Added One to Our Team Introducing Barnabas Kane, Consultant Landscape Architect PLA Barnabas Kane, Consultant Landscape Architect PLA At Columbine Landscapes Co, we’ve always believed that great landscapes start by understanding the land.
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Soil Health · Ongoing Care · Sustainability Transform Your Dirt to Healthy Soil Teeming with Life Does your landscape have soil — or dirt? Living soil, teeming with the organisms that make a landscape thrive. You might think the question is rhetorical but there’s a
▶ Vlog Plant Pick of the Month Partridge Feather Tanacetum densum ‘Partridge Feather’ Eva on how Partridge Feather’s grey foliage adds contrast to your garden. Water needs Very low once established Hardiness Zone 4 – 9 Bloom Late Spring / Early summer · small button-shaped
Design · Firewise · Water Harvesting Thinking About Landscaping During Drought? Here’s What We’ll Talk About Making your home safe, beautiful & resilient Before & After: From neglected, unwatered lawn to biodiverse, native and adapted waterwise plantings. When the land is dry and water restrictions
▶ Vlog Plant Pick of the Month Color Guard Yucca Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ Your browser does not support the video tag. Eva on why Color Guard Yucca earns its place in any firewise, water-wise, or high-altitude garden. Water needs Very low once established Hardiness
Seating Walls: Water-wise & Wildfire Resilient Architecture Landscape design is at its best when beauty and function come together. A seating wall does exactly that — it’s a place to sit, a piece of architecture, a water management tool, and a fire-resilient landscape element all
Rock & Roots: Crevice gardens in the Southwest Caroline Golarz, Landscape Designer, Columbine Landscapes Co. Crevice gardens are having a moment as many of us look at ways we can lessen our ecological footprint. An accessible place for us to do this is
Tips on Winter Garden Maintenance Natali Ittenberg, Landscape Designer, Columbine Landscapes Co. One of the questions I hear often from clients is, “Do I need to take care of my plants in winter?” And the answer is always yes—especially here in the Four
A Smarter Solution to Steep Slopes and Fire Risk: Fungal Solutions In our final newsletter for 2025, we continue our firewise theme offering a new, eco-friendly solution for many of us who own hillside property. You already know the struggles—erosion, thin soils, unstable
Living in the Wildland Urban Interface, I’ve always been aware of the wildfire risk around my home. As our summers get hotter and drier that risk feels more urgent and I realized I couldn’t take it on alone. Fire doesn’t stop at property lines. One house
