http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Evergreen Garden Club celebrates 40 years Present and past members of the Evergreen Garden Club gathered at a festive Tea Party in Heritage Grove at Hiwan Homestead on June 25 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Club. More than 60 members, including 14 past presidents, attended the c...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~98052.aspx6/25/2006 10:07:55 PMNan Spence Gardening in the mountains demands more than just a course in Gardening 101. Almost without exception, I hear gardeners new to the area lament "But my garden in ----wasso beautiful but I can't grow a thing here!" (Fill in the blank with just about any other part of the country.) Those of us...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~102912.aspx7/11/2006 9:26:58 AMNan Spence High Country Horticulture Everyone welcomes butterflies to their gardens. As a Wildlife Master for Colorado State Extension and a Habitat Steward for the National Wildlife Federation, I have never been asked how to rid a garden of butterflies! So attracted are people to butterflies that, acc...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~114192.aspx8/15/2006 8:58:47 PMNan Spence You thought it would be easy to create a wildflower garden. After all, flowers bloom in the wild without any care, right? So, as an easy fix for a barren garden area, you purchase an " instant meadow in a can " at WalMart for $9.99, rake it in, water and get ready to be on the next Evergreen Gard...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~121951.aspx9/6/2006 3:51:27 PMNan Spence Outside my windows, an aspen tree seems to be generating its own sunlight filling the room where I stand with a brilliant yellow shimmer. I glance across the valley where a stand of aspen is vibrating with deep orange, gold and scarlet red as if it were on fire. I cannot remember ever experienci...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~132991.aspx10/4/2006 5:02:25 AMNan Spence HIGH COUNTRY HORTICULTURE Colorado winters can wreak havoc on our gardens. Cold temperatures, dry winds, heavy snowstorms, sudden shifts in temperature, scalding sun and gnawing critters can all cause plant damage or death. Winter survival is even more difficult in years with little snow cover...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~144557.aspx10/31/2006 8:16:18 PMNan Spence High Country Horticulture In late November, I spent several hours in my garden and in the surrounding woods gathering materials to use in holiday decorating. There is a special joy in discovering what remains in the garden that can be fashioned into holiday arrangements. And bringing in natural...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~160246.aspx12/12/2006 11:04:16 PMNan Spence We may grumble as we shovel our walkways, gripe as we dig out our mailboxes (only to have them plowed in again), and even growl as we try to navigate the snow-covered roads of our mountain community. However, as gardeners, we should be shouting with glee over the heavy white blanket of snow now ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~171405.aspx1/16/2007 11:54:10 PMNan Spence In last month's High Country Horticulture column, I proclaimed this year's abundant snowfall and seemingly perpetual snow cover to be Mother Nature's ultimate winter gift to gardeners. However, is it now time to revisit the benefit of the ice and snow that still cover the much of our gardens? Is...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~253579.aspx2/21/2007 1:16:33 AMNan Spence If you are new to gardening or new to gardening in the Mountain West, you may be in need of some assistance in determining what plants will do best in your garden. You have probably noticed that gardening publications and nursery catalogs refer to a plant's "hardiness zone." You have also...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~283915.aspx3/25/2007 10:13:58 PMNan Spence In last month's High Country Horticulture column, I wrote about various systems which are used to determine where a particular plant will thrive. ( To better understand this month's article, you may want to refer back to the full article entitled Zoning In On Plants For Your High Country G...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~302608.aspx5/1/2007 10:17:20 PMNan Spence There seems to be a natural progression in the development of a flower gardener. Most of us start out learning about annuals. They are easy: provide the correct sun / shade and water requirements and they will make it through their life span of one growing season. After mastering annuals, we t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~318807.aspx6/8/2007 6:45:53 AMNan Spence Drought-tolerant plants Although our weather may now be entering an afternoon rain pattern, the past several weeks of very hot and dry weather have wreaked havoc on most of our gardens. If your garden looks a bit worn and wilted at this point in the growing season, you may find my five-yea...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~335996.aspx7/18/2007 12:05:55 AMNan Spence EXTENDING THE COLORS OF SUMMER Too often, we think of August as the end of color in the garden. Although achieving a vivid garden into autumn does take planning, there are wide assortments of annuals and perennials which will assure a colorful garden until the arrival of the fall foliage seas...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~354330.aspx8/29/2007 1:09:50 AMNan Spence Autumn is glorious yet bittersweet in the Colorado garden. The intense summer heat is past; the air is cooler and crisp. Planting beds, mature and mellow, are now set against a brilliant backdrop of golden aspen. Native shrubs in autumn hues mingle with evergreens against the deep blue sky. Desp...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~374232.aspx10/8/2007 4:01:25 PMNan Spence