VAIL — Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Director Nicola Ripley was recently awarded the North American Rock Garden Societies Award of Merit. This honor is given to those who have made outstanding ...

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Many plants like Alyssum, Blue Fescue, and Candytuft are excellent choices for rock gardens as they thrive in well-drained, dry soil conditions. Rock garden plants are generally low-maintenance, ...

You can't grow a real alpine rock garden in the Washington area. The weather and soil are just wrong. Still, lots of people manage admirable versions, including the ...

For about 500 years, people have been trying to recreate the alpine environment in their private and public gardens, according to Connor Smith, who was the keynote speaker at the North American Rock ...

When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays. Where: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center, Ford Park, 522 South Frontage Road, Vail. Cost: Free. More ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy.

This is the amazing story of how a Wenatchee family transformed a barren hillside into a nationally acclaimed garden. The photos demonstrate ingenious ways to put natural rock formations, alpine ...

Cradled in the Rocky Mountains, Vail’s Betty Ford Alpine Gardens were established in 1985 by the Vail Alpine Garden Foundation. In 1988, the site was expanded and renamed to honor former first lady ...

There’s a royal treat in store for local gardeners and plant enthusiasts. Tom Freeth, a top horticulturalist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, will be in Durango on July 24 to give a lecture and ...

No time to tend a garden? Then Panayoti Kelaidis says you ought to consider a rock garden. An internationally-known plantsman who lectures around the world on rock garden plants, Kelaidis says a rock ...