Two years after the first Earth Day, in 1972, the Arbor Day Foundation was inaugurated. After 50 years, it is growing. This non-profit connects the world’s largest network of tree-planting organizations, people and partners. In 2026, this network planted about 6.5 Million trees, and their goal for 2027 is 10.5 Million trees. We human beings can’t cool the earth, remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, add oxygen to our air or make dry streams flow, but trees can. And we humans can plant and care for trees. [Read More]
Water-Wise Plants for a No-Water Garden
In our 35 years of experience gardening on our two-acre property in the rocky short-grass prairie in far-north Boulder, CO, we have found the plants listed here to grow successfully without supplemental watering once established. The early years of the gardens were blessed with more natural precipitation than we are experiencing now. Some plantings receive more attention than others, but these plants have all managed without irrigation for long [Read More]
