Jodi Torpey

Houseplants bring the outdoors inside, add to a room’s decor

June 27, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

Millennials wanting to bring the outdoors inside are driving the growth of indoor gardening. Houseplants provide a connection to nature, they improve indoor air quality and they鈥檙e great for decorating...

Emma Bailey uses an extended weed cutter during a horticultural therapy program that teaches patients techniques for adaptive gardening at Craig Hospital on Tuesday, June 11.

The healing gardens at Craig Hospital offer respite and therapy

June 17, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Whether patients, families or staff members, Craig Hospital's gardens offer a healing touch and a respite from the day-to-day activities.

A man covers himself with his coat as he walks down west Colfax Avenue during a heavy rain and hail storm on May 14, 2018, in Lakewood.

Colorado’s future holds more and bigger hail, CSU weather researcher says

June 12, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Large hail events are expected to become more common in Colorado.

How to prevent hail damage to gardens in Colorado

June 11, 2019 at 3:50 p.m.

It would be impossible to protect every flower, tree and shrub from hail, but gardeners can reduce some of the damage. Here's how.

The GrowHaus in Denver is part of gourmet mushroom boom across the U.S.

May 30, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

If interest in mushrooms seems high these days, it isn鈥檛 because Denver has inserted psilocybin into the national conversation. It抖阴ap the other mushrooms that are a lucrative and growing market....

Jessica Walliser, author of "Container Gardening Complete" and "Gardener's Guide to Compact Plants," began putting vegetables in pots after she ran out of space in her in-ground garden.

How to downsize your vegetable gardens

May 23, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

Vegetable gardens seem to be growing smaller by design. Baby Boomers are downsizing to smaller yards, millennials are choosing apartment living and developers are planning places with less landscape.

Tyler Mason, a doctoral student at Colorado State University, wants farmers and gardeners to get great taste and great production from their organic vegetables

Most growers want the same thing out of their gardens: Quality. This CSU doctoral student helps them get it.

May 16, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Ask Tyler Mason what most growers want from their vegetable gardens, and his answer is simple: It doesn鈥檛 matter what they鈥檙e growing, it抖阴ap the quality that counts.

PHOTOS: Peek inside the invite-only Garden Bloggers Fling where Colorado’s best will get national attention

May 10, 2019 at 8:48 a.m.

When garden bloggers from across the country descend on Denver in June, they鈥檙e in for a surprise.

You want to put a rain barrel at a downspout close to where you want use the water. A single-residence can have two rain barrels with a combined capacity of 110 gallons.

A gardening expert gives the basics on how to use a rain barrel in Colorado

April 29, 2019 at 2:33 p.m.

Here's the 101 on rain barrels in Colorado.

You can choose from a greater variety of vegetable, fruits and herbs from you grow from seeds.

Thinking of planting a garden from seeds? Here are 5 inspirational ideas to get you started.

May 16, 2019 at 10:02 a.m.

Inspiration that'll convince you to start planting your garden from seeds in no time.

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