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Planting & Garden Beds
Beds and plantings that thrive in Colorado — not just survive.
Well-planted beds do more for a yard's look than almost anything else. We design, plant, and refresh garden beds with trees, shrubs, and perennials chosen to handle Colorado's climate.
Plant selection here matters more than in milder places. Our winters, intense sun, drying winds, and occasional hail are hard on the wrong plants. We lean on choices that have proven themselves in the Aurora and Denver area over our 20+ years of work here.
We prepare beds properly before anything goes in the ground — loosening and amending our clay-heavy soil, setting plants at the right depth, and finishing with mulch to hold moisture and keep weeds down.
Already have beds that look tired? We also do refreshes: cleaning out, dividing or replacing plants, re-edging, and re-mulching to bring an existing bed back to life.
What's included
New garden bed design and installation
Trees, shrubs, and perennials suited to Colorado
Soil amendment for clay-heavy Front Range soil
Mulch installation to conserve moisture and limit weeds
Refreshes of existing beds: cleanup, re-edging, replanting
Field notes
What 20+ years here taught us
The Denver metro sits mostly in USDA zones 5b to 6a — we select trees, shrubs, and perennials rated for those winters so plantings last.
In our semi-arid climate, a layer of mulch over amended soil makes a big difference — it holds scarce moisture and moderates soil temperature swings.
Spring and early fall are the friendliest planting windows on the Front Range; summer planting works, but new plants need closer attention to watering.
Common questions
- When is the best time to plant in the Denver area?
- Spring and early fall are the easiest windows — plants get established before the stress of summer heat or hard winter cold. We can plant in summer too; it just takes a more careful watering plan.
- Will you help me pick plants, or do I need to know what I want?
- We'll help. Tell us what you like — colors, styles, how much maintenance you want — and we'll propose plants that fit your taste, your site, and Colorado's climate.
- How much watering will new plantings need?
- New trees, shrubs, and perennials need regular water for their first season or two while roots establish, even drought-tolerant ones. After that, water needs drop considerably. We'll leave you a simple care plan for what we plant.
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