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About the Adams County Xeric Garden <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Working with Master Gardener Pam McGivern, an interior designer, and her architecture husband Henry, Sharon Moore created a truly charming, graceful, and esthetically fascinating network of pathways composed of different size rock mulch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, raised areas that simulate hills and beautiful boulders form a rocky terrain, giving what was once a flat and bleak surface the contours of a sculpted garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the paths, up and down the hills and between the boulders grow an astonishing array of stunning plants adapted to the increasing heat and dryness of our changing climate. They burst into bloom in spectacular fashion throughout the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since its inception this xeric garden has been planned and tended by the Adams County Master Gardeners. Our pride and joy, we routinely conduct educational tours for the public. We hope to make the home gardener aware of the exquisiteness and versatility of xeriscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more in-depth information about the plants you’ll find at the garden, use the button below to access an A-Z listing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View Xeric Garden Plant Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Learn more about the Colorado Master Gardener Program<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Adams County Xeric Garden (also known as the Riverdale Regional Park Xeric Garden) is located behind the Waymire Dome on the Adams Country Fairgrounds. It was established in 2009 by Sharon Moore, horticultural technician and former coordinator of the Adams County Master Gardeners Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":763,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"county_tax":[72],"garden-type_tax":[],"class_list":["post-340","garden-cpt","type-garden-cpt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_post_mime_type":"","acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/adams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/adams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/adams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/garden-cpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/adams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/adams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/adams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/adams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"county_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/adams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/county_tax?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"garden-type_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/adams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-type_tax?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}