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 in 2024.
Orion Nature and Culture has an article called Dirt First.
Grow Veg has an article about six genius vertical gardening ideas.
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.
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.
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 in 2024.
Orion Nature and Culture has an article called Dirt First.
Grow Veg has an article about six genius vertical gardening ideas.
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.
Scroll down below the calendar for more information.
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2026 Littleton Garden Gang Event Schedule: |
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Sat Jul 25 - Jam Session with Betty Harris How to produce lower sugar jam, which is wonderful Starting at 11:30am at 7000 S. Windermere St. Littleton 80120 Cooking, then canning (sealing the jars) in hot water baths on the stove in the kitchen. Light potluck lunch and then lessons and hands on effort to make low sugar jame from frozen fruit. Lesson taught by Joyce Ford. Thu Aug 6 - Happy August 6th This is a Cross-Quarter Date halfway between Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox Mon Sep 21 - 🍂 Autumnal Equinox 🍁 Happy Autumnal Equinox the beginning of Fall in the Northern Hemisphere days and nights are now of equal length Sat Oct 31 - 👻 Halloween 👻 Happy Halloween; Trick or Treat or Trick or Trunk if you prefer and are a modern This is also a Cross-Quarter Date a day halfway between Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice Thu Nov 5 - Guy Fawkes Day 🔥 Always remember the fifth of November (a plot to dynamite the Parliament Building in London in the year 1605CE.) Thu Nov 26 - 🦃 Happy Thanksgiving Day 🏈 Mon Dec 21 - Happy Winter Solstice ❄️ the season of the shortest day of the year Fri Dec 25 - 🎅 Merry Christmas ⛄ |
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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 via email.
Write to Betty via email.