{"id":7981,"date":"2026-07-16T11:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/?post_type=garden-cpt&#038;p=7981"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:57:35","slug":"fairgrounds-demonstration-garden","status":"publish","type":"garden-cpt","link":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/garden\/fairgrounds-demonstration-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaffee Fairgrounds Demonstration Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bea02a06 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 plant list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Perennial shrubs: Shrubby cinquefoil (<em>potentilla fruticosa<\/em>), currants (<em>Ribes rubrum<\/em>), serviceberries (<em>Amelanchier<\/em> <em>spp.<\/em>), catmint (<em>Nepeta mussinii<\/em>), Russian sage (<em>Salvia yangii<\/em>), rose (<em>Rosa spp.<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perennial flowers: Iris (<em>Iris spp.<\/em>), Blanketflower (<em>gaillardia grandiflora<\/em>), Purple coneflower (<em>Echinacea purpurea)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual vegetables: CO05037-2R\/Y potatoes from the Colorado State University Experiment station in Center, Colorado (<em>Solanum tuberosum<\/em>) You can order in the spring at <a href=\"https:\/\/potatoes.colostate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potatoes.colostate.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual flowers: Cosmos (<em>Cosmos spp.<\/em>), marigold (<em>Tagetes spp.<\/em>), Fireworks zinnia (<em>Zinnia elegans<\/em>), African daisies (<em>Osteospermum spp.<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trees: Colorado blue spruce (<em>Picea pungens<\/em>), cottonwood (<em>Populus fremontii<\/em>), Japanese crabapple (<em>Malus floribunda<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Container garden with deer protection by Extension Office: Tomatoes (<em>Solanum lycopersicum), <\/em>marigold (<em>Tagetes spp.<\/em>), Colorado River beans (<em>Phaeseolus vulgaris) <\/em>from Salida Seed Library, pepper (<em>Capsicum annuum)<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reseeded grassy space by Extension office: Brady\u2019s Western native mix (slender wheat grass, Snake River wheat grass, thickspike wheatgrass, blue grama, western wheat grass, Indian ricegrass), Asclepias tuberosa, Gaillardia, Fabulous fireworks flower mix from Botanical Interests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We are grateful to the Colorado Garden Foundation for their generous support of the Chaffee County Fairgrounds Demonstration Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking to volunteer?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking to get your hands dirty and volunteer? If you want to get involved or learn more directly from the experts, you can drop by their weekly volunteer and educational sessions every Tuesday from 9:00 &#8211; 11:00 a.m., from June 9 &#8211; September 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado State University Master Gardener volunteers plant and maintain this garden in partnership with the Chaffee County Fairgrounds team to showcase plants that do well in our short season, dry climate and as a space to host classes on gardening, seed saving, composting and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7982,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"county_tax":[76],"garden-type_tax":[480],"class_list":["post-7981","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\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt\/7981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/garden-cpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt\/7981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7995,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt\/7981\/revisions\/7995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"county_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/county_tax?post=7981"},{"taxonomy":"garden-type_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/chaffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-type_tax?post=7981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}