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About “High and Dry” Gardens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

High and Dry Gardens were created in response to the drought experienced by most of the state of Colorado in recent years, and to the \u201cpermanent\u201d watering restrictions that people with wells have to face \u2013 State Water Law permits no outside watering if a well was put in after May 8, 1972 on lots under 35 acres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of these demonstration and research gardens is to demonstrate to the public the possibility of establishing a landscape only on natural rainfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the plants used in the High and Dry Gardens are native to the Rocky Mountain region and all are xeric. We hope the High and Dry Gardens will promote the use of native, xeric plant species in the residential landscape. These Gardens serve as ongoing studies to learn more about plant species thriving on little or no supplemental water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gardens are designed, installed, and maintained by Colorado State University Extension employees and Colorado Master Gardener<\/a><\/strong> volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are currently three High and Dry Gardens: one in Gilpin County, one in San Miguel County, and one in Telluride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come visit our gardens at your convenience to gain inspiration and knowledge for your own mountain garden!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Located in front of the Gilpin Extension Office\/Exhibit Barn, our demonstration area includes a “High and Dry” Garden, a research and demonstration garden made possible by a grant from the Colorado Home and Garden Show. This unique garden features native plants that do not need to be watered (other than being watered-in when planted).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":824,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"county_tax":[91],"garden-type_tax":[487],"class_list":["post-447","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\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/garden-cpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-cpt\/447\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"county_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/county_tax?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"garden-type_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/garden-type_tax?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}