Town of Basalt Public Gardens & Community Forestry

Sharing a Passion and Commitment to Sustainable Horticulture and Arboriculture in Our Mountain Community.

November 12, 2011

Catch The Rain

Texas rainwater expert Billy Kniffen

beside one of the tanks that feed his home.

Harvesting Rainwater

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Trees support more communities of living things than any other organisms on earth.

A New Tree Biology, Alex Shigo

Homestead Community Garden ~ Basalt, Colorado

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Aspen Community Garden
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Mid Valley Community Garden Collective
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible ~ Welsh Proverb

Osage Gardens Farm Store

Midland Avenue Walkway Garden Installation

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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. ~ John Muir

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We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorous and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for us, soothing balms, and in whose gracious company we spend so many cool, silent and intimate hours. ~ Marcel Proust

NPR Article

Myth Busting: The Truth About Animals and Tools

Animal Tool Behavior

Worm-Eating Flower Discovered In Brazil

Environmental News

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
EarthSky
For The Forest
High Country News
Kids For a Clean Environment
Living on Earth
Museum of Natural History ~ University of Colorado
NPR: Science Friday

Strange is our situation here upon earth, however there is one thing that we do know: that we are here for the sake of others and above all for those whose smile and well being our own happiness depends and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy ~ Einstein

A Global Movement To Solve The Climate Crisis

350.org

Planting Trees and Building Relationships

Why Hire An Arborist?

http://www.treesaregood.com/treecare/Hire_Arborist.aspx

Emerald Ash Borer ~ EAB

Colorado Exotic Insect Detection
Emerald Ash Borer Identification
Emerald Ash Borer Multinational Educational Outreach
Missouri’s Emerald Ash Borer Program

Invasive and Exotic Species Profiles

http://www.invasive.org/species.cfm

Essential Reading for Gardeners

Bug Guide

http://bugguide.net/user/view/5764

A Cool Arboricultural Find: The Franciscan Manzanita

http:///www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/pioneer-stock?searchterm=pioneer+stock

A Hardy Native Tree for Tough Climates: 'Sensation' Maple

History of 'Sensation' Maple