Project Xeri

The Project Xeri garden on High St. is in full bloom! Sleep, creep, LEAP! The third spring is when plants come to life!

Drip Irrigation: "method that saves water and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants."

California farmers are switching to this method to save water during their drought. You can save water and money too by installing a drip irrigation system! Check out this article from Colorado State to learn more!


http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/Garden/04702.html

Colorado State University Extension - Drip Irrigation for Home Gardens Trickle or drip irrigation is a method of irrigation popular for its potential to increase yields while decreasing water requirements and labor input.

Spring is right around the corner- is this the year you switch to xeriscaping?

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/xeriscaping-ideas-and-inspiration

Xeriscaping ideas and inspiration Whether you're in a drought or just looking to conserve water, this type of landscaping offers lots of opportunities for beauty and variety.

The "Water Wars" continue. What is your opinion?

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25127439/water-wars-at-colorado-legislature-bill-ignites-passions

Water wars at the Colorado legislature: bill ignites passions Three Republican lawmakers walked out of an ag committee hearing Wednesday morning in protest over the handling of a water bill scheduled to be heard Thursday afternoon.

We think so!

Carroll: Should Colorado mandate small lawns? Sen. Ellen Roberts appears somewhat surprised by herself. The Durango Republican is not used to carrying bills imposing mandates on local governments, and it makes her "personally uncomfortable" that she is doing so now.

projectXERI made it into the new welcome video for incoming freshman! Check us at 1:47!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IV1jGu8e0Q

Mike Schutte & Katrina Yoshida Undergraduate Class President and Vice President for the 2013-2014 school year welcome the incoming first-year students to the Pioneer family.

A little dendrochronology to start off your morning from Denver Water's Mile High Water Talk

The trees can talk As you probably know, it’s runoff season. During this time, we track many conditions, including temperature, moisture, evaporation rates, streamflow and reservoir levels and much more to help us ga...

Just walked by 1985 S High Street and saw the first flower blooming in the yard, our planting job was a succes!

Thanks to Allan Wilson and Paul Kosempel for being great mentors throughout this project!

Check out this time lapse of our planting day!! Many thanks to David Stewart for such an awesome video.
(and thank you again to our wonderful volunteers!)

Project Xeri Project Xeri's Latest: Xeriscaping of a University of Denver owned home on S. High Street.

Made it to the front page of the Clarion! Thank you to everyone who came out and helped volunteer last Saturday and who made this project a success.

Students pioneer xeriscape program - The Clarion ProjectXERI, a program started by five DU students, partnered with Denver Water to hold a community education and planting day.