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2026 Themes
January:
New Year Kick-off & Biodiversity
February:
Garden and Habitat Planning
March:
Soil Health and Regenerative Practices
April:
Tree Planting & Tree Care
May:
Biodiverse Spaces & Urban Agriculture
June:
Drought & Water Use
July:
Community Heat Impacts & Mitigation Strategies
August:
Wildfire Resilient Landscapes
September:
Pollinators & Insects
October:
Harvest / Regenerative Agriculture
November:
Seeds – Adaptations & Propagation Methods
December:
Off-Season Yard Care / Compost as a Climate Resource
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Safe Pest Management for Bees, Kids, and the Planet
We do not need systemic neonicotinoids (neonics) or any toxic pesticides to grow plants well. The solution is to employ human attention, biodiversity, nutrient-dense soils, application of nontoxic management, and tolerance.
Putting the “Community” into Community Science
Community science is exciting because individuals don’t have to have formal scientific training to contribute to our mutual understanding of the natural world. People who are curious about the world around them can take the time to learn more, whether it’s about pollinators or soil or the stars above. Participating in these projects yields benefits for both the individual and for the world.
Are You A Fruit Rescuer? Be A Harvest Leader!
Community Fruit Rescue is a nonprofit organization that harvests the surplus and often overlooked fruit growing throughout the Boulder area to help reduce food waste, prevent conflicts with wildlife like black bears, build resilient communities, and direct fresh food to the people who need it. The harvested fruit is then donated to volunteer pickers, local food pantries, homeless shelters, schools, and even to the rescued animals at the Wild Animal Sanctuary.
Keep Your Fruit Trees Healthy While Protecting Wildlife
Have you ever observed the abundance of apples growing throughout Boulder? There’s a reason why this surplus of fruit exists today. Learn how to care for fruit trees and protect Boulder’s wildlife.
Trees for a Changing Climate & Resilient Urban Forest
If you look at old photos of Colorado Front Range cities, you won’t see many trees. And if you look up native trees of Colorado, you will find a lot of mountain-growing conifers and just a few deciduous trees that grow along streams. Learn about the history of tree stewardship in the Front Range.
Tree Planting Instructions
The following instructions have been developed by Your Neighborhood Christmas Tree Farm which has grown trees from seed and given them away in Boulder for the past 15 years.
The Best Ways To Water Trees In Our Dry, Colorado Climate
If you looked out across the Colorado Front Range hundreds of years ago, you would have seen grassy plains and very few trees. Growing trees in our region is difficult in wet years, let alone in drought years. What can you do during the hot, dry summer to help our leafy friends?
The Superpowers of Trees
We all have superpowers. Every organism, every showing on this planet has something, some unique new purpose that fits perfectly in the constantly changing dance of life in this expanding universe.
Community Heat Mapping
Extreme heat kills more Americans than any other weather event, but not everyone’s risk is the same. Denser urban areas, which typically have a lot of dark surfaces that absorb and hold heat, are much hotter than their surrounding rural and suburban counterparts. This is known as the “urban heat island effect.” Zooming in further, heat is not distributed evenly within these urban heat islands. Oftentimes the effect disproportionately affects marginalized communities.
Rewilding: Pollinator Pathways
Pollinator pathways are pesticide-free contiguous habitats of predominantly native plants that provide forage and shelter to native insect and wildlife species. The city and its partners are working together to provide the knowledge, resources and community networks to rewild Boulder and support life-giving ecosystems.
Boulder County High Schoolers “Tree-plenishing” Our Ecosystems
The Cool Boulder Campaign is thrilled to kick off our 2022 actions by supporting students from five Boulder County high schools—Centaurus, Peak to Peak, Monarch, Boulder, and Fairview—to plant 1,200 trees this Earth Day through a campaign called Tree-Plenish. Tree-Plenish is providing $5 tree saplings to members of the public. Online orders for Eastern Redbud, Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, and Red Maple saplings can be made through March 30, 2022.