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August 2020

Jeffco’s Plant Select Demonstration Garden Wins 2020 Golden Shovel Award

Jeffco Extension’s Plant Select Demonstration Garden was awarded Plant Select's 2020 “Golden Shovel” Award at the annual meeting on August 19, 2020. The Golden Shovel Award acknowledges a Demonstration Garden partner exhibiting superior design and use of Plant Select plants, while providing excellent educational opportunities to visitors. The Jeffco Plant Select Demo garden is a dryland garden, located on the site of a former Jeffco Fairgrounds parking lot. It was created under the direction of Curtis Utley (former Horticulture Agent), and is maintained by CSU-Jeffco Extension Master Gardeners. Since its inception in 2006, the beautiful and diverse collection of resilient plants selected for the high plains and intermountain regions thrive in unimproved soil, with no fertilization and no supplemental irrigation after establishment. The garden is open M-Th, 8-5. Check us out and submit a survey!

Plant Select ® - More BEAUTY, Less WATER plantselect.org
Family Leaders Celebrate Graduation

Family Leaders celebrated graduation from the Jefferson County Family Leadership Training Institute (FLTI) on Saturday, August 15. These leaders started their leadership training in January along with 15 other participants and persevered through social distancing requirements for COVID-19 to complete the last half of their training virtually. 

Learn more about FLTI
ENOR's First Virtual Camp Gets a Rave Review!

ENOR Virtual camper Kael loved his Woodpecker's Hollow camp experience! Kael chose a natural area or open space to visit each day. While out and about he saw hummingbirds, Abert's squirrels, snakes, turtles, and a hawk with a mouse in its talons! Kael and his family said they “had a wonderful time exploring the wonders of nature!” 

Find out more about ENOR summer camps
Building My Sustainable Farm Business

All your decisions should be made with a plan. Learn to master the skills of creating a financial, marketing and production plan for your farm to help insure the future of your enterprise. Meet and learn from industry specialists and other successful Jeffco farmers who are working the plans and re-creating their marketing strategies in this time of COVID. 

Information on class topics and registration
Master Gardener Volunteers Reach 2,025 Hours

Master Gardeners volunteered 2,025 hours, between April and July, working in the Horticulture Research and Demonstration Garden at the Jefferson County Extension Office. Produce from the garden is donated to local food banks through the Grow & Give program. So far this year at least 100 pounds of produce have been donated.

Become a Colorado Master Gardener
Clinic in the Time of COVID

Bring us your diseased,
Your stressed,
Your insect-infested masses,
Yearning to be diagnosed…

Yes, the Jeffco Plant Diagnostic Clinic is accepting samples for diagnosis, insect ID and plant ID. Drop-off (mask required) or mail-in a sample for laboratory evaluation by staff ($7 fee). Email questions with photos to our capable team of Master Gardener Clinicians at plantclinic@jeffco.us (FREE).

More about the Clinic
Congrats to 4-H Fair Exhibitors!

Congratulations to all of the youth exhibitors at the 2020 Jeffco 4-H Fair! This year's event still featured all the traditional 4-H events, including interview judging day, horse, small animal and livestock shows and exhibit display. Thank you to all the youth, parents and volunteers that made this a successful event.

See the Grand and Reserve Grand Champions here
CSU Extension - Jefferson County

15200 W. 6th Ave. Unit C
Golden, CO 80401
303-271-6620

JeffcoExtension@jeffco.us
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