Source Guide 152
Alpine Garden / Drought tolerant perennials
Rocky Mountain High, Travel to Vail for a unique Alpine Garden; Colorful Drought Tolerant Perennials in beautiful Santa Fe; Dave's Favs: Callirhoe, Mirabilis
Rocky Mountain High, Travel to Vail for a unique alpine garden; The Betty Ford Alpine Garden.
Former First Lady Betty Ford loves the Vail Valley and the Rocky Mountains that surround it. She lent her name to this unique alpine garden which has become not only the highest elevation public garden in the world but also internationally recognized center for research, preservation and education on high elevation wildflowers.
The garden consists of various botanical zones organized by elevation and slope aspect with a gushing mountain creek cascading from one level to the next under massive timber bridges.
The gardens also highlight hardy perennials, shrubs, and trees suited to high altitude gardens and cold winter areas.
Betty Ford Alpine Garden is open daily from snowmelt to snowfall each year and is situated just beyond Vail Village within Ford Park.
Betty Ford Alpine Garden
530 South Frontage Rd.
Vail, CO 81657
970-476-0103
www.bettyfordalpinegardens.org
Mrs. Ford honored us with a personal letter after our visit. You can read the entire text here
Special thanks to the staff of Mrs. Ford for their help in bringing this segment to you
While in Vail, Dave and the crew were guests of Holiday Inn Apex Vail; boutique hotel and condominium resort.
Holiday Inn Apex Vail
2211 North Frontage Rd.
Vail, CO 81657
866-317-APEX
www.apexvail.com
Colorful Drought Tolerant Perennials in beautiful Santa Fe; High Country Gardens mail-order nursery.
David Salman showed us around the demonstration garden for his retail nursery and mail order catalog, High Country Gardens, in historic Santa Fe, New Mexico. A life long resident of Santa Fe, David chose drought tolerant hardy perennials that provide masses of color for intermountain, plains, and west coast gardeners. Among the plants seen today were Callirhoe, Penstemon, Lavandula, and Agastache.
Many previous Dave’s Favs are also sourced from High Country Gardens, which has earned one of the highest ratings by customers at Garden Watchdog
High Country Gardens
2902 Rufina St.
Santa Fe, NM 87507
800-925-9387
www.highcountrygardens.com
While in Santa Fe, Dave and the crew were guests of Casa de Estrellas.
Casa de Estrellas
310 East Marcy St.
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-795-0278
www.casadeestrellas.com
Dave's Favs
Plants seen on today's show are available at independent garden retailers throughout the country and from select sources listed below:
Callirhoe involucrata
Mirablis multiflora
High Country Gardens
2902 Rufina St.
Santa Fe, NM 87507
800-925-9387
www.highcountrygardens.com
Our specimens filmed at Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver Co
www.botanicgardens.org
Mt. Rainier Greenhouse by Sunshine Garden House
Water Feature Design by:
Aquascape, Inc.
www.aquascapeinc.com
Constructed by
Alliance Land and WaterScapes
2173 San Miguel Canyon Rd.
Prunedale, CA 93907
1-888-MY-USA-POND
www.alliancewaterscapes.com
Rock and gravel used for this project provided by:
Graniterock, Monterey Peninsula Concrete and Building Supplies
1755 Del Monte Blvd.
Seaside, CA 93955
831-392-3700
www.graniterock.com
Additional information sources for today's show were provided by Pacific Horticulture.
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Dave's Big Sur Jade Maori Punamu Necklace by Justis Daniels.
Available at Big Sur Local Color Gallery, www.bigsurlocalcolor.com
