Wondering What to Do in the Wake of the Boulder County Fires?
CSU Extension has gathered a variety of resources based on insights from subject matter experts and fire survivors in the After the Disaster Guidebook. Resources related to your safety, mental health, family, pet, and property care are useful whether you are on the road to recovery or want to feel prepared for the unexpected.
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Plant Select® Releases "New for 2022" List |
Each year Plant Select® brings new plants to garden centers and wholesale suppliers that have been specially developed for this area. Plants are trialed and tested for 2-5 years at Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado State University, and public and private gardens.
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DIY STEM Activity: Valentine's Day Science |
Here's a timely experiment offering an alternative use for the seasonally-available conversation hearts. Following this month's AmeriCorps instructions, you can help kids create a Candy Heart Oobleck by mixing two or more substances to form a new material that is neither a liquid nor a solid, but a bit of both! Instructions are available in both English and Spanish.
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Green School Short Courses |
If you’ve ever wanted to up your horticulture game, either professionally or as a hobby, this is your chance. CSU Extension offers four different short course packages to meet your specific needs and interests. Learn more about the courses, fees, registration deadlines, and class schedules.
Registration deadline is Feb. 18.
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Online Food Safety Training for Cottage Food Producers
Interested in starting a cottage food business from a home kitchen? Colorado State University Extension offers an online food safety course that meets the training requirements of the Colorado Cottage Foods Act.
The statewide, four-hour course covers a variety of topics including basic food safety, foods that are permissible under the updated Colorado Cottage Foods Act, ingredient labeling, special considerations for food preparation at high altitudes, and food sampling best practices.
Registration is $50. For more information and to register , click on a date listed to the right.
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Gardening Myths Webinar
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 12 p.m.
Online
Free, but must register
Join Alison O'Connor, Larimer County Extension, as she addresses and debunks common gardening myths. After registering, you will be emailed a link to join the Zoom meeting.
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Colorado Garden & Home Show
Feb. 12-20
Colorado Convention Center
Tickets: $8.00 - $10.00
Planning to visit the 63rd Annual Colorado Garden & Home Show?Stop by the Colorado Master Gardener booth, where CSU Extension specialists and Master Gardener volunteers will answer your gardening questions.
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Colorado Native Plants Conference
Saturday, Feb. 26, 9:25 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Online
Admission Fee Varies
Register and learn more about the Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference. Experts in horticulture, ecology, and landscape design will show you how to plan, plant, and maintain beautiful and biodiverse native landscapes from the ground up. |
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Make your own Vintage Valentine at the Broomfield Depot Museum on Saturday, Feb. 12! Drop in anytime between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. and try your hand at writing with a fountain pen and decorating valentines for your sweetheart. Learn more about the history of Valentine's Day as you flex your creativity. |
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Virtual Sustainability Film Series
Watch the film 2040 and explore what the future would look like if humans embrace the best solutions to improve the plant. The film showing will take place on Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by a Q&A panel with sustainability expert, Angie Fyfe of ICLE.
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Help design the Broomfield ARTery Creative Corridor by submitting your designs for large-scale sidewalk murals for community installation in Broomfield! All professional and emerging artists older than 18 living and/or working in the Denver Metro area are encouraged to apply. Professional artists will take a lead artist mentorship role and work closely with one emerging artist mentee.
Applications are due March 2.
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Reach out to CSU Extension in Broomfield
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Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. Colorado State University Extension,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Colorado counties cooperating.
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