{"id":611,"date":"2026-02-17T17:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/?post_type=resource-cpt&p=611"},"modified":"2026-02-17T17:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:25:18","slug":"high-and-dry-garden","status":"publish","type":"resource-cpt","link":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/resource\/high-and-dry-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"High and Dry Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n

Quick Facts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • High and Dry Gardens show how residential landscapes can be established with little to no supplemental irrigation by relying primarily on natural rainfall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The gardens feature mostly native Rocky Mountain xeric plants and serve as ongoing demonstration and research sites to learn what thrives under \u201cno water\u201d conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • CSU Extension employees and Master Gardener volunteers design and maintain three locations, including sites in Gilpin County, San Miguel County, and Telluride.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
    \n

    The 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

    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

    There are currently three High and Dry Gardens, one in Gilpin County, one in San Miguel County in front of their Extension Office \u2013 planted in 2006, and one in Telluride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We invite you to visit the gardens and experience our \u201cno water\u201d landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    These gardens were made possible by a grant from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Colorado<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Quick Facts The High and Dry Gardens were created in response to the drought experienced by most of the state of Colorado in recent years, and to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"area_tax":[],"county_tax":[127],"global-category_tax":[155,163],"global-offering_tax":[418],"global-sub-category_tax":[243,245,316],"global-topic_tax":[371,374],"region_tax":[385],"resource-type_tax":[388],"class_list":["post-611","resource-cpt","type-resource-cpt","status-publish","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\/resource-cpt\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-cpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource-cpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-cpt\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-cpt\/611\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"area_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_tax?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"county_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/county_tax?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"global-category_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-category_tax?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"global-offering_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-offering_tax?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"global-sub-category_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-sub-category_tax?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"global-topic_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-topic_tax?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"region_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region_tax?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"resource-type_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/gilpin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-type_tax?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}