Colorado Native Plant Demonstration Garden | Tour of Denver’s Greenverein “Hell Strip” @ Turnverein

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We had a great group come out to tour the Greenverein Garden, which was started in 2019 as a collaboration between Denver Turnverein, Uptown on the Hill, and Front Range Wild Ones on a former Denver hell strip located on Clarkson Street!

Volunteers hosted 4 stations to discuss various aspects of the garden's creation and maintenance.
Volunteers hosted 4 stations to discuss various aspects of the garden’s creation and maintenance.
Bees on a prickly pear/optuna bloom.
Bees on a prickly pear/optuna bloom.
The Greenverein garden repurposes a variety of used rock and concrete.
The Greenverein garden repurposes a variety of used rock and concrete.

The garden is 100′ long and 11′ wide and uses berms, swales, check dams, urbanite, passive water catchment and other creative techniques to establish a garden highlighting native plants.

This tour was hosted by Judy Trompeter “The Initiator”, Marilyn Bernier “The Weed Czar”, Wild Ones members, Christine Gust “The Link”, Lisa Olsen “The Architect”, Judy Hopper “The Financier” and Julie Nordstrom “The Hydrator”.

If you are interested in volunteering with us to maintain the garden (e.g. weed, collect seeds, prune), please email Christine at [email protected].

Neighborhood volunteers Marilyn Bernier and Judy Trompeter discuss the Greenverein low water hellstrip garden at Denver's Turnverein
Neighborhood volunteers Marilyn Bernier “The Weed Czar” and Judy Trompeter “The Initiator”
Volunteers who helped create the Greenverein xeriscape hellstrip native Colorado garden at Denver's Turnverein include Julie Nordstrom "The Hydrator", Judy Hopper "The Financier", Christine Gust "The Link" and Lisa Olsen "The Architect"
Julie Nordstrom “The Hydrator”, Judy Hopper “The Financier”,
Christine Gust “The Link”
and Lisa Olsen “The Architect”

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