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2023 Themes
January:
New Year Kick-off & Biodiversity
February:
Garden and Habitat Planning
March:
Soil Health and Regenerative Practices
April:
Tree Planting & Tree Care
May:
Biodiverse Places and Spaces
June:
Drought & Water Use
July:
Community Heat Impacts & Mitigation Strategies
August:
Wildfire Resilient Landscapes
September:
Pollinators & Insects
October:
Harvest / Regenerative Agriculture
November:
Seeds – Adaptations & Propagation Methods
December:
Off-Season Yard Care / Compost as a Climate Resource
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Tree Planting Instructions
Boulder's dry climate and generally poor, alkaline soils present some difficulties for trees. Our soils are usually a shallow layer of compact clay with rocks, over a very dense clay subsoil that is hard for roots to penetrate. Healthy, long-lived urban trees get off to a good start when we pay attention to some tree-planting fundamentals. The following instructions have been shared with over 8,000 trees, which Your Neighborhood Christmas Tree Farm has grown from seed and given away in Boulder over the past 15 years.
The Best Ways To Water Trees In Our Dry, Colorado Climate
If you looked out across the Colorado Front Range hundreds of years ago, you would have seen grassy plains and very few trees. Growing trees in our region is difficult in wet years, let alone in drought years. What can you do during the hot, dry summer to help our leafy friends?
The Superpowers of Trees
We all have superpowers. Every organism, every showing on this planet has something, some unique new purpose that fits perfectly in the constantly changing dance of life in this expanding universe.
Community Heat Mapping
Extreme heat kills more Americans than any other weather event, but not everyone’s risk is the same. Denser urban areas, which typically have a lot of dark surfaces that absorb and hold heat, are much hotter than their surrounding rural and suburban counterparts. This is known as the “urban heat island effect.” Zooming in further, heat is not distributed evenly within these urban heat islands. Oftentimes the effect disproportionately affects marginalized communities.
Rewilding: Pollinator Pathways
Pollinator pathways are pesticide-free contiguous habitats of predominantly native plants that provide forage and shelter to native insect and wildlife species. The city and its partners are working together to provide the knowledge, resources and community networks to rewild Boulder and support life-giving ecosystems.
Boulder County High Schoolers “Tree-plenishing” Our Ecosystems
The Cool Boulder Campaign is thrilled to kick off our 2022 actions by supporting students from five Boulder County high schools—Centaurus, Peak to Peak, Monarch, Boulder, and Fairview—to plant 1,200 trees this Earth Day through a campaign called Tree-Plenish. Tree-Plenish is providing $5 tree saplings to members of the public. Online orders for Eastern Redbud, Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, and Red Maple saplings can be made through March 30, 2022.