The Littleton Garden Gang, as distinct from the older and revered Littleton Garden Club, started when Betty HARRIS began teaching classes on how to grow more food in Colorado with less water. the focus was also on soil, composting, native plants, and pollinators.
These classes came about because Betty received a grant from the City of Littleton, Colorado, a part of Arapahoe County, for part of the tuition for a nine-day class at the Woodbine Ecology Center. As a condition of this grant, Betty was requested to disseminate what information she had learned at the Woodbine facility.
Betty includes in her classes such things as how to make soil (which is biology) out of our Colorado clay and dirt (which is chemistry) and provides links to other information like transplanting in the fall.
Every Spring in May the Littleton Garden Gang Annual Plant Sale is held.
Henry Gong took wonderful photos of our event.
Colorado Native Plant Society has info about plants native to the state of Colorado.
Colorado Tree Recommendations (Denver_Tree_Recommendations.xls) is a spreadsheet that you can ask Betty for.
A video of one garden in the 2024 LGG garden tour.
LGG Annual Garden Tour of JUST ONE location.
Next year we'll ask all the participants to attempt to make videos for those that can't attend.
Video courtesy of Betty A. Harris.
The videographer apologizes for not being better at making videos.
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2025 Littleton Garden Gang Event Schedule: |
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Mon Mar 17 - ☘️
Happy St Patrick's Day 🍀 This is a good time to do the following: Plant potato sets, green peas, and onion sets outside in your garden. Fri Mar 21 - Celebrate the Vernal Equinox the First Day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere halfway between the Summer and Winter Solstices Sat Mar 29 - Gardening class focusing on improving soil, saving water, planning your garden and what to grow. There will also be free seeds available. 10am to noon at the Prince of Peace Church of Brethren 7000 S. Windermere St., Littleton CO 80120 Please RSVP to Betty for planning purposes. Sun Apr 20 - Happy Easter! 🐰 10 am at Prince of Peace Ch of Brethren 7000 S. Windermere St., Littleton 80120 Tue Apr 22 - ☺ Earth Day This is a good time to do the following: Volunteer with LGG to help plant trees for Littleton citizens. Thu May 1 - Merry May Day Celebrate the Cross-Quarter Date 🌻 halfway between Vernal Equinox and Summer Solstice Sat May 17 - LGG Annuals Plant Sale 🌼 Always the first Saturday after Mother's Day Always in the parking lot of the Prince of Peace Ch of Breth 7000 S. Windermere Members of LGG can ask for a booth space for a $25 donation to the church. Each member will need to provide their own tent. Contact Melissa Babich for details and reservations at <melissa.babich@gmail.com>. 🌻 Sat Jun 21 - Happy Summer Solstice ☺ Merry Mid-Summer Night the season of the longest day of the year Wed Aug 6 - Happy August 6th This is a Cross-Quarter Date halfway between Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox |
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Write to Betty at <betty@littletongardengang.com> |
Here is a list of WHEN TO PLANT what by Paul Szilard.
Since the Planet is in a climate crisis and the citizens need to be involved in solutions, then garden gang members might want to consider joining Citizens Climate Lobby to help push elected officials.
Sometimes we study companion planting and here is an additional separate link from The Old Farmer's Almanac.
We often study recycling opportunities.
Here is Donna Berti's document showing plants that pollinators do like.
Flowers for Bees.
Here is a document by Donna Berti showing what plants Japanese Beetles do NOT like.
Here is how to grow blueberries in Colorado.
Here is info concerning saving seeds in Colorado.
Here is info on better Colorado trees. It is a spreadsheet; so download it, save it, and open it.
Write to Betty via email.
Sponsored by Betty Harris and Ray Flesher
Write to Betty's website administrator via email.
Write to Betty's website administrator via email.