Fun, Informative and Practical!

Each year, Thornton Water hosts several free events to connect you with tools and resources to enhance water efficiency in your yard, garden, and home. As always, we invite you to stroll through our Demonstration Gardens at the Margret Carpenter Recreation Center and Thornton Fire Station 5. Each location provides great examples of xeric gardens and are available to help you get ideas for your own outdoor space. We hope to see you in the garden this year!

See You Next Year for the 2025 Water-Wise Garden Open House!

Thank you to the more than 100 attendees who joined us for the Water-Wise Garden Open House on June 15, 2024! Avid gardeners, new landscapers and curious residents came to get inspiration from master gardeners and stroll through plants, shrubs and trees at the Carpenter Recreation Center demonstration garden.

If you missed the event, check back here for future events and gatherings! Plus, you can visit Thornton’s Demonstration Gardens at any time to get inspired.

Event attendees stand on a garden pathway surrounded by green trees and grass.

Blue tent that reads "without water, life would be pretty dry" in a parking lot and multiple people surrounding the tent.

Cement pathway to a demonstration garden surrounded by mulch. A white yard sign with a red and yellow flower reads "Plant Select," and a permanent sign to the left reads "Water-Wise Demonstration Garden."

Man in bright green vest and light grey hat helps two children with shoveling into dirt. They are on a garden pathway with a man in a green shirt standing behind them.

A garden pathway leads to a gazebo. Multiple event attendees stand on the pathway.

Water-Wise Landscape Webinars

Thornton sponsored a Water Wise Yards webinar about Turf Removal on Thursday, March 21. Check out the webinar recording from Resource Central on YouTube. Webinars are held year-round on topics such as trees, pollinators, design and plant selection, turf removal, navigating your HOA during a xeriscape conversion, etc. All webinars are open to the public and free. Sign up on the Resource Central website.

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Garden In A Box Pick-up

Every Spring season Thornton Water partners with Resource Central to offer discounted Garden In A Box gardens to Thornton water customers. Customers are eligible for a $25 discount on a professionally designed Garden In A Box, while supplies last.

For updates on other options for purchasing gardens, check Resource Central.

You can also get some additional help with how to plant your new water-wise garden from our H2Overhaul page. Be sure to get a free H2Overhaul kit.