Lettuce Grow Together
At Foxridge Community Garden members and volunteers join together to foster community connections through gardening and education. We welcome neighbors and surrounding communities to join us in growing food, sharing skills, and educating new gardeners of all ages. We follow organic and regenerative practices to provide produce to neighborhood gardeners and local food banks. Members respect and support each other and our surrounding ecological community through a common connection to the land.
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
HELP WHERE YOU CAN
Have no gardening skills? We have other ways you can help with the garden.
Be Colorado Proud in Your Garden!
By Tudi Arneill Many gardeners grow vegetables and flowers, shrubs, and trees. When choosing what to add to your yard this spring, please consider selecting some native plants. There are many benefits to using Colorado native plants for home landscapes. They are naturally adapted to Colorado’s climates, soils, and environmental conditions. This means when choosing native plants, gardeners can work with nature, rather than against – toiling to grow plants not suited to our local
Long Thyme No See
By Adrienne Jones Spring has sprung. It always seems to happen overnight. One day trees, grass, and plants are dormant, the next day they come alive with new buds and greenery. In a few more moments, it will be time to start our gardens. If you are anything like me, you have multiple garden areas. Some garden beds in the backyard, some in the front, and in my case a raised bed at FCG. This
Planning Your Garden
By Adrienne Jones We are getting our first hints of Spring. Those wonderful warm days tease the end of winter and our returning to our patches of soil. It’s at this point when garden planning, or overplanning, kicks in high gear. What to plant? When to plant? Cool-season crops? Warm-weather crops? Seeds or transplants? The options are somewhat endless, but we still have to work within our hardiness zone (5b) and short growing season. Below