Beginning in 1978, a task force organized by Denver’s water department began to compile a series of principles designed to conserve water in landscape settings. The group coined, and even trademarked, the term xeriscape, and today the Colorado WaterWise Council continues to administer one of the nation’s most comprehensive xeriscape education programs. (continue)

So, you think it’s a zoo where you work? You should see where Dan Simpson works. It really is a zoo, which means it’s also a very complicated life for an arborist.
Simpson is head arborist at the San Diego Zoo, although technically he’s called an associate horticulturist. His gardens are jungles, his workspaces are public exhibits and his clients are animals. (continue)

When Dennis Bush purchased a used portable sawmill and began to cut custom lumber some two decades ago, he would have been completely surprised had someone told him where the new adventure would take him. Responding to customer demand and a desire to utilize all grades of lumber, a permanent building, a vacuum kiln and a five-spindle moulder were added over the years as the company evolved into a full-time business. (continue)