Past Issues
Colorado Gardener is an independently owned, creatively designed tabloid-size gardening newsmagazine, publishing since 1997. We provide our readers with the ideas, information, resources, inspiration and sense of humor needed to grow ornamental and edible plants successfully in our fast changing, unpredictable climate. We emphasize waterwise and environmentally sound practices.
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COLORADO GARDENER ARCHIVES
Harvest 2022
Late Spring 2021
Late Spring 2020
ARTICLES:
Eriogonums
Finding Food
Rooftop Gardens
Crop Mobster
Kelly Grummons
Regenerative Gardening
The Viral Life of Plants
Late Spring 2019
ARTICLES:
Cucuzza
Goji Berry
Black Widows
Fritillaria
Native Shrubs
Bokashi Underground
9 Ways to Preserve Your Harvest
June 2018
ARTICLES:
Tulsi
Amaranth
Kim Gravestock's
Garden Plants & their Pollinators
Oenotheras Herbs for Dogs
Build a Cold Storage
Unit Don't Blame
Goldenrod for Allergies
Education Issue 2018
ARTICLES:
Green Roofs
Learning Seeds
Open Source Seed Initiative
Colorado Gardening 101
Feed the Soil, Not the Plants
Winter/Early Spring Calendar
May 2017
ARTICLES:
Salvias
Mesclun
Mike Kintgen
Birds
Night Bloomers
Pollinator Drones
The Sunflower Ecosystem
Harvest 2016
ARTICLES:
Alliums
Free Seeds
Mushroom Season
Supporting Trees
The Dirkse Sisters' Urban Homestead
April 2016
ARTICLES:
Beets
Natives
Good Seed
Small Shrubs
Street Gardens
Panayoti's Olympic Trip to Turkey
Plant Profiles
Blue Ribbon Vegetables
Ballooning Spiders
Summer 2015
ARTICLES:
Garden Railroads
Cottage Foods Act
Mt Garden Veggies
Jan DeVore’s Fort Collins Garden
Roses
Comfrey
Bees & Wasps
Education Issue 2015
ARTICLES:
Calendar of Gardening Classes, Workshops, Events
Sourcing Our Seeds
Respecting Your Hicks: Western Slope Natives
Six-Legged Strategies for Surviving Winter
Japanese Beetle is Here
First Tiny Farm Breaks Ground
May 2014
ARTICLES:
Pathways
Hugelkulture
Colorado Apples
Get a Jump on Weeds
12 Reasons to Grow Organic
Anne Clark: Low Water Natives
Gardening in the San Luis Valley
Colorado Gardener Harvest 2013 Issue
ARTICLES:
Elderberry
Comb Honey
Glass Gem Corn
La Veta Garden Wizard
Garden Subtraction & Division
April 2013
ARTICLES:
Hemp Mulch
Rock Gardening
Companion Planting
Chickens & Other Fowl
Holly Flineau’s Sloan’s Lake Garden
Summer 2012
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Herbs
Apricots
Tomatoes
Aquaponics
Children’s Gardens
Cactus Companions
2012 Education Edition
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
New CSA Models
Horticulture Trends
Biological Farming & Gardening
Calendar of Classes, Workshops, Symposiums, Events
May 2011
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Living Walls
Meet the Voles
Scrumptious Spuds
PlantSelect Choices
Uses for Common Weeds
Estes Park Natives Garden
Harvest 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Perennial Bulbs
School Gardens
Save Your Seeds!
Easy Food Preserving
Maples
Kathi Taylor's Loveland Garden
April 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Natives in Gardens
Legal Water Harvesting
Veggies for Mt. Gardens
Plant Exploration in the Altai
Gardening Without Chemicals
Spring 2022
Early Spring 2021
Early Spring 2020
ARTICLES:
Trees that Speak
Four Thieves Vinegar
Allergy Trees
Why Plants Make Us Sneeze
Derice Pfefferkorn
Grow Broccoli
Control Weeds without Poisons
Earliest Spring Flowers
Early Spring 2019
ARTICLES:
Snow Iris
Repurposing a Garden
Quinoa Greens & Seeds
Food Gardening on the Mountain
Insect-Inspired Inventions
Adding to the Ark at Betty Ford Alpine Gardens
May 2018
ARTICLES:
Rob Proctor
8 Easy Edibles
Regis Arboretum
Grow Better Birdseed
Prickly Pear Nasturtiums
Ground Covers
Classic Herb Combos
Exotic Tomatoes
Insect Armageddon
Harvest 2017
ARTICLES:
Nuts
Pumpkins
Beatrix Potter
Tomatoes
Hummingbird Haven
Recycling Succulents
No Irrigation Gardening
April 2017
ARTICLES:
Steppes
Brassicas
Piñon Pines
Suburbitat
Wild Columbines
Grapes on the Front Range
Plant/Bug Conversations
Summer 2016
ARTICLES:
Moths
Nectar Plants
Mushroom Projects
How to Plant a Tree
Growing Colorado Kids
Fragrant Climbing Roses
Education Issue 2016
ARTICLES:
Another "Silent Spring?"
Geothermal Greenhouses
Cherry Trees
Galls
Starting Seeds
Winter/Early Spring Calendar
May 2015
ARTICLES:
Edible Natives
Ornamental Grasses
Pruning Stressed Trees
Grow Veggies in the Shade
Iris
Weeds
Jumping Spiders
Butterflys Disappearing
Harvest 2014
ARTICLES:
Free Seed
29-Year Old Xeriscape
Harvest Tips
Metamorphosis Mysteries
Create a Winter Wildlife Refuge
April 2014
ARTICLES:
Espalier
Snowdrops
Trough Gardening
Bold, Beautiful Natives
Why New Veggie Gardeners
Sometimes Fail (through no fault of their own)
Summer 2013
ARTICLES:
Xeric Gems
Fairy Gardens
Summer and Winter Squash
Make $ From Your Garden
Andy Hough’s Fruit Research
2013 Education Issue
ARTICLES:
Plant Awareness
Our New Marijuana Law
Better Yields with Saved Seeds
Helping Plants Beat the Heat
May 2012
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Permaculture
Insect Deceit
Edible Flowers
Xeric Perennials
Growing Native Oaks
Zia Parker & Willow Way Herbs
Harvest 2011
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Agave
Rose of Sharon
Cafe Botanique
Season Extenders
Honeybee Update
April 2011
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
"Arborland"
Nitrogen
Pruning Grapes
Plants for Dry Shade
Asparagus and Rhubarb
Establishing New Plants
Summer 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Hail
Bee Plants
Raspberries
Ross Shrigley
Beneficial Bugs
Educational Supplement 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Appreciate Your Seeds!
Orchids
A Green Roof Thrives
Plant More Natives
Harvest 2020
ARTICLES:
Gourmet Mushroom Kits
Plastic Eating Mushrooms
Native Trees from Seed
Plant Hormones:
Messengers of Change
Gail Felzien's High Plains
Experiment Station
Ditchweeds, Wildflowers
& Native Forbs
Harvest 2019
ARTICLES:
Cucuzza
Goji Berry
Black Widows
Fritillaria
Native Shrubs
Bokashi Underground
9 Ways to Preserve Your Harvest
Harvest 2018
ARTICLES:
Rabbitbrush
Nitrogen Fixers
After the Harvest
Handmade Paper from Your Garden Plants
Perfectly Imperfect Produce
NOCO Urban Homestead Tour
Wild Seed Collecting
April 2018
ARTICLES:
Chatfield Farms
Bigtooth Maple
Easy Compost Building
Fireweed
Big Bug Hunt
Ruby Hill Tiny Farm
Best of the Best 2018
Timing & Light in Garden Photography
Harvest 2017
ARTICLES:
Plant Intenet
Critter Control
Outdoor Rooms
Apple Grafting
Summer Stingers
Olympic Trip to Greece
Education Issue 2017
ARTICLES:
Benefits of Natives
Winter Annuals
N2O
Welby Gardens
Seed Sowing 101
Specialty Nurseries
Summer 2016
ARTICLES:
Milkweeds
Strawberries
Butterfly Gardens
Gardening with Men
Hospital Food Gets Fresher in CO Springs
Rain Gardens & Xeriscape
Harvest 2015
ARTICLES:
Another "Silent Spring?"
Geothermal Greenhouses
Cherry Trees
Galls
Starting Seeds
Winter/Early Spring Calendar
April 2015
ARTICLES:
Pears
Lewisia
Wwoofers
Native Shrubs
Synthetic Biology
African DogTooth Grass
Natural Agriculture in Crestone
Summer 2014
ARTICLES:
No Strain Gardening
8 Great Pots- and Why
New Waterlily Competition
Raising a Family of Gardeners
Colorado Gardener 2014 Education Issue
ARTICLES:
Mantids
Time to Sow
The Bean Acre
For Peat's Sake
Emerald Ashe Border
May 2013
ARTICLES:
Roly Polys
Gooseberries
Wildlife Feats
Roots Beans
Garden Remodel
Dwarf Bearded Iris
Harvest 2012
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Hops
Silver Plants
Seed Strategies
Master Gardeners
Excelsior Gardens
Permaculture Sites
April 2012
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Lavenders
Fava Beans
Insect Antennae
GMO’s & Food Safety
Ann & Dick Bartlett’s Gardens
Summer 2011
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Hawkmoths
Lawns to Meadows
Riverside Cemetery
Firewise Landscaping
Trinidad History Gardens
2011 Education Supplement
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Buffaloberry
Bee-Killing Pesticides
Seeds of Sustainability
Transpiration
May 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
ARTICLES:
Pikes Peak
Urban Gardens
Leaf Botany
Mushrooms
Plant A Row
Beans