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<br />Gardening Specific to <br />Southeastern Colorado <br /> <br />The Southc<I!'lcm Colorado \V,lIt'r <br />Conservancy District (SECWCIl) has <br />developed a wonderful It'aming [IXI\ for <br />the rcsid"n!s Ill' suuthern Colorado by <br />creating a nt'w Dcmonstr.Jtion Xcriscapc <br />Garden. The purpose of the <br />Dcnmnstratilln Xcri~arc Garden is 10 <br />educate Colorado residents in the <br />principles of '\criscapc and 10 <br />demonstrate that a wall:r-coosl:Tving <br />landscape can be quite beautiful and <br />funl.:lionaL <br />The garden features various <br />evergreen and lkciduous trees and <br />shrubs. Thr:TC arc also many varil"lics of <br />peTellni.il.., ornamental grasses and <br />b'Toundcovcrs. Plants in the garden arc <br />labeled with bUlanical signs for easy <br />idcnlifil.:aluln. <br />The conc~'pts of xcriscapc is <br />illuslrah:d in the design. which pays <br />particular .tttcntlon [ll the grouping of <br />plants wilh similar moislure <br />requirements. The irrigatIOn sp.[em <br />incorporates the different high, <br />moderate, and low watl'flllg zones. <br />There arc also dilTerent types of <br />mulches dl...played. ^ compost bin <br />provides org.lOic mailer (Uf amending <br />the soil. <br />The garden displays and <br />encuurages the u...... o( p]anls (rum the <br />Plant Sekct Program. The Plant Select <br />Program is a parlnership bctween <br />Colorado Statc Uni..'ersity and the <br />Oen,,'er Botanical Gardcns. The <br />program selects plants that have <br />outstanding ornamental characterislics <br />and distrihuh.'S the plants to <br />dl'munstra!ion gardl'ns throughuut [hc <br />Sllllc. The gardens keep data as It) how <br />sllccessful the plants rcr(unn in many <br />dilli.'rl'nt regit)ns o( [he Slate. The plants <br />sek"Cled (or tho.' program havc ~en <br />pron'n to perform well in Colorado's <br />climate and arc highly fl'comlllended lilr <br />landscllpt.,s. <br />Tho.' ganlcn ha_s many examples o( <br />alternative turf grasses that could Ix <br />used (or a .....ater-conserving lawll. A <br />,,'isitm can view the dillen:nces Ixtween <br />the water-gualing Kl'ntucky bluegrass, <br />the thid,-bladf.-J tall ICscul' turf and the <br />nativcs.bunalograss, grama grass and <br />crl'sted Whl'a[grnss. <br />A Iso (eatured are thirty <br />eX['lCrimental grass plots. The plots arc <br /> <br />pl;lllted with tl'n dillercnt typt:s (lf <br />alterna[ive turf grasses: butTaltlgrdss, <br />blue grdma, three JitTerl'llI types of <br />crested wheatgrasses, smuoth bWUllle, <br />tall fescue, crceping fesclle, perennial <br />rycgrass, and Kentucky hluegrllss. E.1ch <br />type of grass is plantl,"d III three plOIS <br />:lIld each pltlt is irngilted wllh a dilTen:nl <br />amount of water. The firM plot reCl.'lVeS <br />a high amoul1I of irrigati(lIl, the second <br />plot rccei,'es a moderdte amount of <br />irrigation, and Ihl:' third plot recelvcs a <br /> <br />~.. <br /> <br />. . <br />'. <br /> <br />- <br />, <br /> <br />'hI <br /> <br />I- _ <br />b;pt:"rimel1lal (jrass I'lots <br /> <br />low amount of irrig.lIion. Thl," grass <br />plots provide valuahle infomlation as to <br />the success or failure lit" tho.' various <br />types Ilf turf grosses when suhjectl.'(\ to <br />dini.'n:nt amollnts of imgatllln. <br />A data culk''':llllll sysll:'m kl,"eps data <br />on the varillus allribUles of each type of <br />plant m the garden. Dllta IS collected on <br />the plants o\wall health. its growth rate, <br />bloom time and ":Illor. The infomlaliun <br />is ducullll:'ntcd i( II plan[ is sllsceptible 10 <br />pests and/or diseases. It also indiclIll's <br />ho..... IIlllch mamtel1ance a plan[ reqUIres <br />and any prohkms a plant may havc <br />cncoun[ered from cn\'ironmcntal <br />condi[lOns, <br />su..:h a-s hail <br />or high <br />winds. The <br />informatioll <br />can assist in <br />selecting <br />appropriale <br />planL<; that <br />gro.... well <br />in soullll:m <br />Colorado's <br />c1illlllle. <br />A waler <br />sehcdull:' <br />has also <br />b 0.' I:' n <br />dl'vised, III <br /> <br /> <br />^ \ 1<'" oj" lhl: p"kn frum 111.0: <br />j"wnlul'l!J.:t)i,lnt:ltlllk" <br /> <br />(('ontl/wed Oil page 5. .\"('1' .\"t'ri\CUP(') <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />2002 Rudget <br />Process <br />Has Regun <br /> <br />August 27, 2001 was tho.' <br />dcadline fur each of the mile <br />counties within the Soulheash:m <br />Colorado Water Conservancy <br />District to submit their valuations <br />to the District. This ollicially <br />begins the process lix the 2002 <br />budget. <br />The Board of <br />Directors havc <br />appointed L.ee <br />Simpson and Phil <br />Reynulds as Budget <br />Officers for this <br />year's budget. <br />Phil and Toni <br />Gonzales h:tvc <br />hegun the process of <br />rc\'iewlllg the current year's <br />expendilures. Steve and Phil arc <br />beginning to plan <br />the capital <br />ex.penditures, as <br />well as, forecasting <br />the expected <br />revenues and <br />expenditures. <br />The first drall of <br />the proposed hml"et "hil Rcyn'llds. <br />eo ('nlSECv,,'CO <br />,,"'ill be maik-d to the <br />hoard un Oetoher <br />12. The fonnal puhllc presentatiun <br />or the budget will he made at the <br />Board meetmg un Novemher 15, <br />2001. The final budget tS <br />scheduled for approval on <br />Thursday, Decemher 13. The mill <br />levy will then be certilied 10 the <br />counties on December 14, 200 I. <br />The budget hearings arc llpell to <br />the puhlic and the proposed hudget <br />will be made availahle aller lhe <br />Octoher 12, 200 I mailing to the <br />Board members. The puhlic is <br />welcoille 10 ,lttcnd the budget <br />prcscntiltion on Novemher 15, <br />2001. <br /> <br /> <br />LceSiml'sun <br />Trc:a~urcr <br /> <br /> <br />\\'riUl"ll by: Phil <br />no. SECWCr> <br /> <br />Reynolds, t " <br />.. <br />