Chippin’ for Trees at the Boulder Chamber’s 2024 Spring Golf Tournament
Thanks to everyone who participated in the recent Boulder Chamber Golf Tournament and made some Chips for trees at Native Edge’s hole #5 at Lake Valley Golf Course! For the 170 chips made we are planting 170 trees with the help of our non-profit partner OneTreePlanted.org! While Tom, Andrew and Khalana held down the fort […]
Fire Resistant Landscaping
July 2024 | Native Edge Landscapes What is Fire Resistant Landscaping? Fire-resistant landscaping on Colorado’s Front Range incorporates principles and plant selections designed to minimize the spread of wildfires and protect homes. The key features are 1) creating defensible space 2) choosing fire-resistant plants, and 3) maintaining the landscape to reduce fuel loads. Let’s dig […]
SMART Irrigation – the Smart Answer for Colorado’s Unpredictable Weather
June 2024 | Native Edge Landscapes Typically our wettest month of the year, this year May will go down as the driest in the history of Colorado’s Front Range weather with rainfall totals of less than 16% of our average 3.1 inches. That’s the thing with Colorado, you just never know what the weather is […]
Native Edge Voted “BEST OF BOULDER ” 2024
Native Edge is honored to have been recently voted Best Landscaper again in Boulder Weekly’s 2024 Best of Boulder contest! But this is not our first Gold Medal win in the contest. The “Best Landscaper” category was added in 2022, and since then we have earned 1st place in both Best of Boulder and Best […]
Protecting Your Landscape From High Winds
Strong gusty winds can shred leaves, tear off flowers, break branches, and uproot shrubs and trees leaving plants susceptible to further damage from insects and disease. Constant wind pulls moisture from foliage faster than roots can draw it from the soil causing leaves to wilt and brown around the edges. Here are three key to-do’s to […]
Choosing The Right Organic Lawn Care Program
What is Organic Lawn Care? Our programs place the health of the system as the primary goal. By improving plant health and regaining soil microbial diversity and function, the system regains optimal efficiency and health. This is done with targeted applications created with biology in mind. Our organic lawn care process incorporates low nutrient organic […]
Native Edge Visits With Team Guatemala!
In 2021, the Native Edge team welcomed it’s first “guest workers”, eight Guatemalan Nationals legally authorized to work for us as part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s H2b Visa Program. Fast forward to January 2024. Native Edge President Tom Sunderland, along with two fellow staff members, travelled to Acul, Guatemala, a small village in […]
Gorgeous, Thriving Containers in 5 Steps
February 2024 | Native Edge Landscapes Container plantings are an excellent way to enhance any landscape throughout the changing seasons. Here are 5 steps to follow when planting containers. Step 1: Choose a container.Glazed ceramic is typically best When it comes to choosing the right container. Metal containers are can also be good choices, but […]
Become a Designated Sustainable Landscape Community
November 2023 | Native Edge Landscapes Be part of the solution The Sustainable Landscape Community designation is a companion program to Sustainable Landscape Management (SLM) Colorado. This program demonstrates how HOA’s, commercial and retail properties are, or can become, part of the solution by managing and improving their outdoors in a way that aligns with sustainable landscape […]
