Healthy Soil is More Important Than You Think
Healthy soils are essential for maintaining healthy landscapes because they support plant growth, regulate water resources, store carbon, and provide habitat for diverse soil organisms. Here are a few reasons why healthy soils are important for landscapes: Overall, healthy soils are essential for maintaining healthy landscapes and the many benefits they provide to humans and […]
Project Spotlight: Foothills Terrace Farm
This summer, one family will be making fewer trips to the grocery store and will spend more time together picking fresh produce from their newly terraced hillside and enjoying home cooked meals with 5 star views of Boulder’s majestic flatirons! Given the current high demand and empty shelves at grocery stores resulting from the Covid19 […]
6 reasons to prune during the months when a Mocha Latte is better than an Arnold Palmer
Bermuda shorts on a warm blue-sky Saturday in Boulder, Colorado; a perfectly chilled Arnold Palmer by my side; my razor sharp pruners freshly purchased from a green vested man at Mcguckins. It’s time to show my shrubs and trees a little love! Cut! Stop! Hold it right there! Don’t be lured in the wrong direction by your latest […]
The Value of Secluded Spaces
In the last few years, gardeners and many non-gardeners are shifting to embracing nature more intentionally and carving out spaces to get away from the digital in our lives and being nurtured by nature. Creating a quiet space to read, meditate or relax is growing in popularity as we look for ways to decompress. Studies […]
Fall & Winter Watering: Why It’s More Important Than Your Pumpkin Spice Latte + Pro Tips
October 2024 | Native Edge Landscapes You’ve raked the leaves, wrapped the roses in burlap, and even managed to fit the kids’ Halloween costumes over snow gear. Surely, you can now hibernate until spring, right? Not so fast. Along Colorado’s Front Range, if you want your landscape to wake up in one piece come spring, […]
Take Time To Learn
This summer marks 22 years since I took my first job as a landscaper at Gold Lake Resort near Ward, CO in the mid 90’s. My years there were both physically demanding and enormously satisfying. Working alongside a rag-tag group of hardened mountain dwellers at 9,000’ elevation below the snowcapped Indian Peaks, often in a […]
Life on the Edge
The laws of physics suggest that in all matter there is energy. Energy cannot be destroyed; rather, it transforms from one form to another. Here in Boulder, matter takes the form of verdant hills tucked against the iconic red stone monoliths of the Flatirons and snow capped peaks shimmering under clear blue skies are the […]
Passing on the Passion
Native Edge Landscapes Leads Landscape Design Mini-Course at Friends Middle School in Boulder Watching a child find passion in the natural environment is an amazing thing. Whether nurturing a garden, understanding local ecosystems on which we are so reliant, or discovering the “magic” in landscape design, we always cherish the opportunity to share with others […]
Irrigation & Lighting Team
Our Irrigation and Lighting Team delivers reliable irrigation & landscape lighting installation, maintenance, and repair services to a wide variety of properties, ranging from large HOA’s and retirement communities to private outdoor living spaces and gardens. Irrigation & Lighting Technicians Irrigation & Lighting Technicians perform service calls, system inspections, system installation & retrofits. They maintain […]
Snow & Ice Team
Our Snow & Ice Teams are responsible for delivering reliable snow and ice management services to a wide variety of properties, ranging from large HOA’s and retirement communities to single-family residences. Directly coordinated and supervised by multiple Snow Commanders, each responsible for multiple crews and routes, each storm event brings its own unique challenges. Challenges […]
