Gardening and Horticulture Home Page Tri River Area Colorado State University Cooperative Extension

Gardening and Horticulture
in
Western Colorado

Mesa, Delta, Montrose, & Ouray Counties

Pesticide Applicator Training Workshop
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, February 17, 18 & 19, 2009
Grand Junction Colorado

Landscape Specifications

The Lavender Ladies
Click the photo to learn more about this project.

The demise of Mesa County's Irrigation Audit program was due to lack of funds.
Ardith's last day was September 4, 2008.

Ardith Blessinger, Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor, and friends.
Click on the photo to learn more about this program and the final results.

The Mission of the Horticulture Section
Tri River Area Extension

The Colorado State University Extension Tri River Area Horticulture Program extends research-based information about plant-related concerns to home gardeners, the Green Industry (sod farms, lawn care companies, arborists, etc.), commercial vegetable producers, government entities, and other community members and agencies in Mesa, Delta, Montrose and Ouray Counties. Information is also provided on a state, interstate, and international level because of our efforts.

Our activities and capabilities include:

Maintenance of over 1000 pages on this web site
Distribution of information through the media
Master Gardener program
Native Plant Master program
Presentations to various civic community groups throughout the four-county area
Workshops/presentations for:
- Commercial Pesticide Applicators
- Arborists
- Golf Couse personnel
- Lawn care personnel and other members of the turfgrass industry
- Backyard gardeners
- Others as requested
Research on the drought tolerance of various plants
Installation and maintenance of demonstration gardens and arboreta
Identification of plant diseases, insect pests and other plant problems
On-site examination of plant and soil-related problems
Testing of soil, compost, manure, and water for salts
- Note: The CSU Soil Testing Laboratory and most private soils labs can do a complete soils analysis

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Comments should be addressed to
Dr. Curtis E. Swift, Area Extension Agent, Horticulture
Colorado State University Extension
2775 US Hwy 50, Grand Junction, CO. 81503
voice: 970-244-1840
fax: 970-244-1700

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Colorado State University Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. Colorado State University Extension, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Mesa, Delta, Montrose and Ouray Counties cooperating. No endorsement of products mentioned is intended nor is criticism implied of products not mentioned.