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Agricultural
Extension Programs
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Boulder
County Extension Office
The Horticulture and Natural Resources pages
of the Boulder County Extension Office website contain "the latest
in horticulture happenings in Boulder County" and information about
the Master Gardener Program. Phone
303-776-4865.
Colorado
State University Cooperative Extension.
"A
cooperative agency between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Colorado
State University and Colorado counties. It is part of a nation-wide
system delivering research-based educational programs at the county
level." Hundreds of fact sheets can be accessed from the links
on this page but the main topics of use to Community Gardeners are gardening
fact sheets and insect
fact sheets.
Additional information is available online for both gardening
and insects.
Planttalk
Colorado®
Planttalk Colorado® "is
a 24-hour toll-free automated phone service that provides reliable timely
information on variety of horticultural topics. Its website has text
versions of all the Planttalk Colorado® scripts. Planttalk
Colorado® is sponsored by Colorado State University Cooperative
Extension, Denver Botanic Gardens and the Green Industries of Colorado."
Plant
Select®
Plant Select® "is a program designed
to seek out and distribute the very best plants for gardens from the
high plains to the intermountain region. It is a cooperative program
administered by Denver Botanic Gardens and Colorado State University,
together with landscape and nursery professionals throughout the Rocky
Mountain region and beyond."