This year, take your garden to a whole new level with raised beds! Now is the perfect time to design this year's garden areas. A raised bed can offer easy solutions to a number of Colorado gardening challenges.
So many advantages... Since raised beds warm faster than the surrounding ground, your growing period is longer than in a traditional garden bed. Raising the planting bed also allows greater control over soil pH, moisture availability, and drainage. Certain vegetable plants prefer different soil types and depths, and a raised bed allows you to easily create the proper environment for each plant's individual needs.
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It's an easier way to garden! Raised beds are great for gardeners of any age, but they're especially easy for kids and elders. They're much more convenient to plant and harvest because there's less bending & stretching. They're easier to maintain than traditional in-ground beds as well. For example, since you're not working in rows, there's less empty space available for weeds to grow, so there's less weeding, and with careful management, they can be more productive than a traditional in-ground garden.
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Getting started with a raised bed... You can get started with raised beds in a number of ways. You can purchase kits, or you can create your own design that fits your style and outdoor space. The sky's the limit as far as the possibilities go. You might add a variety of different levels, corner beds, square-foot beds, or maybe go for a spiral design!
The average height of a raised bed is from 6"-12," and you'll want to make them no wider than four feet to keep them accessible for working. You'll also want to use a special soil mix in your raised beds. You'll need a soil that drains better in the shallower beds, and Echter's blends a mix that's designed for the special needs of a raised bed.
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Go ahead! Give it a try, and start enjoying all the ease
and benefits of gardening in a raised bed this year.
It's gardening at a whole new level!
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2nd Open House Weekend!
Just a reminder: this is the second (and final!) weekend of our Spring Open House event! We've got five more free classes on tap this Saturday and Sunday featuring Echter's experts as well as guest speakers from the Audubon Society, Monrovia Nursery, and Black Forest Landscape Designs! You can still stop by for a free, behind-the-scenes greenhouse tour and we'll be giving away $100 Echter's gift cards too! Join us as we celebrate our 60th year in business and kick off the spring season!
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Next Friday is Arbor Day! It's a perfect time to plant a tree and help build back our urban forest! To help, we've put our favorite shade trees (over 20 varieties!) on sale. This is our best price of the spring season.
Make it even easier: we'll plant it for you!
(See sales associate for list of trees on sale)
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20% OFF
Grass Seed Blends
Blended for Colorado lawns. Sold by the pound from bins. Disease-resistant and drought-tolerant blends available. See our seed blends here.
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20% OFF
All Columbines
Colorado's favorite perennial! Unique bell-shaped spurred flowers. Assorted sizes and colors available.
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25% OFF
Bloem DuraCotta Pots
Weather-resistant resin, 100% UV stable. Matching saucers available. Available in: terracotta, living green, taupe, & peppercorn.
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$9.95
Expanded Shale
Long-lasting soil amendment. Thousands of tiny pores in expanded shale quickly absorb moisture and slowly release it into your soil.
40 lb. Reg. $13.95
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25% OFF
Indoor Foliage
Hanging Baskets
Dress up a bare corner in your home. Fill it with lush, trailing plants for higher, or lower light areas. Wonderful choices when you're running out of floor space!
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25% OFF
Dianthus
Annual and perennial varieties. Plant grows into rounded clumps. Fragrant flowers appear in late spring and summer.
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$9.95
Hardy Pampas Grass
Features airy plumes of silver hop-like flowers with a purple flare at the ends of the stems in late summer. The flowers will reach 8' tall and are excellent for cutting. Its attractive grassy leaves are grayish-green in color, & the foliage turns a gorgeous harvest gold in the fall.
2L (5" sq.) pot.
Reg. $13.95
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$11.95
Happy Frog Organic
Tomato & Vegetable Fertilizer
FoxFarm combines plant food and micro-organisms for faster growth, more blooms and bigger vegetables. Improves the soil structure, making it easier for roots to grow.
4 lb. Reg. $14.95
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Offers good through Thursday, April 18
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Landscaping
Your Colorado Garden
Discover trees, shrubs, and perennials that grow well in our region. Learn plant combinations & use basic design principles to enhance your outdoor living spaces.
9:30 - 10:30am
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Birds
on the Brain
Join us for a fun & engaging backyard ID. Learn techniques for establishing a garden sanctuary that will invite more feathered friends to your backyard!
1:00 - 2:00pm
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Hanging Basket
Demonstration
Learn techniques from Echter's own basket designer! Discover the tips & tricks that create a beautiful hanging basket every time.
3:00 - 4:30pm
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Paradise on the Patio
Discover the wide variety of unusual and striking exotic plants that
can create interest & enjoyment
on your patio!
1:00 -2:00pm
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My Favorite Perennials:
Foliage, Flowers, & Friends
Review Harriett's (our plant doctor!) favorite picks for plants that
really "hang in there" as your
garden evolves over time.
3:00 - 4:00pm
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Honeywort was popular in 16th century England, an unusual beauty making a comeback in ornamental and cut-flower gardens for good reason—it's gorgeous in arrangements and lasts a long time! The plant is tough, thriving in lean and poor soils, as well as drought conditions and heat. Watch the bees and hummingbirds come calling for its sweet nectar.
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Chala Handbags are designed with just the right blend of whimsical fashion while maintaining practical functionality. They are crafted with durable canvas cotton fabric and top quality faux leather that looks and feels like the real thing. Each Chala Pal is stitched with layers of colorful faux leather giving a unique style and personality to each piece.
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These Bird Song Ceramic Bells are designed by artist Lori Siebert. The line was inspired by the idea that birds can be spiritual messengers, and each bell comes with a bit of inspiration on its hangtag. With their unique style, vibrant colors, and heartfelt messaging these beautiful handcrafted bells are the perfect gift.
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- Dual-Deck Rail Planters
- Calatheas
- Black Gold Garden Soil
- Song of India
- Outdoor Pillows
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Coupon
Buy 3, Get 1 FREE
Pansies
Wide range of beautiful, bright colors in clear and blotched faces. Pansies are cold-hardy and
are safe to plant now! Mix & Match.
Least expensive is free.
w/coupon only - Offer expires 4/25/19
Cannot be combined with any other offer. Valid at Echter's Garden Center only.
Coupons subject to change without notice. Distribution on property prohibited.
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Coupon
Buy 2 Bags, Get 1 FREE
Earth Essentials
Cow & Compost
Provides both dairy cow manure & compost, organic matter that will increase the fertility of the soil. Improves drainage of heavy clay soils and increases the moisture retention of sandy soils.
1 cu. ft. Reg. $3.99
w/coupon only - Offer expires 4/25/19
Cannot be combined with any other offer. Valid at Echter's Garden Center only.
Coupons subject to change without notice. Distribution on property prohibited.
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Trees & shrubs... April is the best time to plant new trees and shrubs. Improve the soil first with compost and/or peat moss. Then apply MYKE Tree & Shrub Transplanter and water in with Root Stimulator, both of which reduce transplant shock and stimulate root growth. If you didn’t get around to pruning your shrubs and trees in March, you can still do some pruning now, the earlier the better.
For vegetable gardens... Plant your fast growing crops in two-week intervals to prolong the availability of lettuce, spinach, peas, and radishes. When the weather gets too hot for these vegetables, plant some in the shade of taller plants, like pole beans and corn. This system is also good for gardeners with limited space. Keep an N-sulate cover handy for unexpected frosts after your garden is planted. It will keep the frost off new seedlings as they emerge from the soil.
For flower gardens... Plant gladioli, lilies, cannas, callas, ranunculus, crocosmia and other summer blooming bulbs toward the end of April. Plant pansies between the bulbs to give you early color. Place your plant supports into position early. If you wait until they really need support, it may be difficult as the plant will be too large. This is especially true for peonies.
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What's in a Name?
Dusty Miller
The name Dusty Miller arose in the early nineteenth century and refers to the fine powder on the leaves --- perhaps an allusion to a miller,
whose work is always dusty.
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52nd &oGarrison o(5150oGarrison St.)
303-424-7979
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9-7 | Sunday 9-6
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