How to implement a ‘ColoradoScape’ into your yard

Fall is planning season — and if you’re a homeowner or an HOA board, this is the time to start thinking about next year’s landscapes and how to install a ‘ColoradoScape’.

MORE TRAFFIC COMING OFF OF I-70, AND HEADING OUT TO PENA BOULEVARD. >> FALL IS A LEE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AND THAT MEANS FOR HOMEOWNERS FOR WAYS. WE SHOULD PROBABLY START THINKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR’S LANDSCAPING. I HAVE PHIL STEINHAUER WITH THE ASSOCIATE LANDSCAPE, CONTRACTORS OF COLORADO AS WELL AS DESIGN SKATES, COLORADO, HERE IN BEAUTIFUL CENTENNIAL. AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. >> COLORADO SCAPES. I KINDA LIKE THIS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHY SHOULD PEOPLE BE THINKING ABOUT SO COLORADO SCAPES IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPE, CONTRACTORS AND SOME OF ITS PARTNERS LIKE WATER PROVIDERS, MUNICIPALITIES AND COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY HAVE COINED THAT PHRASE AND THIS PROGRAM. IT’S A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM TO REALLY USE PLANTS THAT ARE WATER WISE NATIVE, WORKING WITH IRRIGATION SYSTEMS THAT ARE REALLY EFFICIENT ON WATER USAGE. AND THEN SOME OF THE NEW TURF VARIETIES LIKE THE HOME AT 31 THAT YOU 60% LESS WATER. AND SO THIS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM REALLY IS ABOUT COMBINING ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT REALLY FIT OUR COLORADO CLIMATE. >> YOU HAVE SEVERAL PLANTS, SHRUBS, FLOWERS THAT FIT INTO THE COLORADO SKATING LANDSCAPE. SO TO SPEAK BEHIND THIS. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE HOW AMAZING THESE ARE. THEY LOOK LOVELY. THEY’RE STILL BRINGING POPS OF COLOR. WELL, AND THAT’S REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO SHOWCASE IS THAT. >> 0 ESCAPING, SOMETIMES THE MISNOMER IS THAT YOU CAN’T HAVE PLANS. IT’S A LOT OF ROCK. YEAH, CAUSE THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT REALLY, COLORADO SCAPES REALLY EXPLAINS MORE. WHAT WE’RE ABOUT IS SHOWING THAT YOU CAN HAVE COLOR. YOU CAN HAVE SEASONAL INTEREST TAX YEAR WITH THESE PLANS AND ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO SURVIVE AND DO WELL IN OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THAT WILL SAVE ON REPLACEMENT COST. IT WILL SAVE ON WATER. ALL OF THE THINGS JOEYS AND HOMEOWNERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT SAVING WATER BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING AT THE TOP OF A LOT OF PEOPLE’S MINDS. WHETHER YOU’RE JUST ON A HOME AND YOU’RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP THAT BILL DOWN OR PERHAPS A 2 WAYS THAT MAYBE HAVE A BIGGER BILL. WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT AND WHAT WHAT IS THE COST SAVINGS THAT THEY CAN MAYBE EXPECT? I THINK THE COST SAVINGS ARE GOING TO REALLY BE AND HOW YOU PLANT YOUR AREAS. >> PUTTING IN BEDS THAT HAVE DROUGHT, TOLERANT PLANTS. >> THAT ARE ALSO WHETHER THEY BE NATIVE CONDUCIVE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. YEAH, LIKE I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY BACKYARD IS A COLORADO SKATE. >> AND THAT I AM BEING A GOOD COLORADAN AND A GOOD CITIZEN.