Grow Local Colorado | Growing local food,<br />local community<br />and our local economy

Grow Local is a new project developed by community leaders, gardeners, locavores, farmers and businesses to help more people grow more food locally. This website is a resource hub for information, expertise and partnership in establishing your own food garden in your home, business, or public space. (find out more about the project)


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Featured Garden

Jason and Kate's Garden

Our garden project began two years ago when we moved out of the foothills to Lakewood. We started with two raised beds and have since expanded to include two more raised beds, three in ground beds and containers. This season we're growing: potatoes, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, corn, Kentucky Wonder green beans (my childhood favorite!), sage, rosemary, basil, parsley, mizuna, tomatoes (of course), carrots, onions, squash, and plums on our...

Neighborhood: Lakewood

Upcoming Events

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Basic Chicken Keeping

03/13/2010 - 2:30pm
Worm Composting (Vermiculture)

03/13/2010 - 2:30pm
Introduction to Raw Cooking

03/13/2010 - 2:30pm
Growing and Using Culinary Herbs

03/13/2010 - 2:30pm
Restore Wood Furniture (And Save a Tree)

03/13/2010 - 4:30pm

Latest News about Grow Local Colorado

Become a Community Forester **Deadline March 10th!**

Posted: 03/08/2010 - 3:51pm

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Sign up today! Early bird special available until April 10th. Only 20 memberships still available! Check out our website for details on prices, sponsorships and more. Please forward to friends and...

Grow Local Videos

Local Food Blog Articles

Excellence and Excess at Elway's from Culinary Colorado Blog [Tue, 03/09/2010 - 9:51pm]

Famous name emblazoned on the door is backed up by good food and service to match...

Chard and Yellow Split Pea Soup from Local Harvest Blog [Tue, 03/09/2010 - 7:41pm]

Split Pea Soup with ChardAdapted from Vegetable Soups by Deborah Madison 2 cups yellow split peas, rinsed and soaked for at least 1 hour 2 bay leaves 3 cloves salt and pepper 4 tablespoons of butter...

Swiss Chard with Lemon and Olive Oil from Local Harvest Blog [Tue, 03/09/2010 - 7:34pm]

Chard with Lemon and Olive Oil This delicious and easy recipe serves 2, but easily doubles to serve 4. I like to make this with the larger, exuberant amounts of lemon and garlic. Use the smaller...

How to survive 6 feet of snow when you are use to 2 inches from Local Harvest Blog [Tue, 03/09/2010 - 3:56pm]

I feel like Burl Ives as the snowman when he opens up Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. The storms that blew in the past couple of weeks were of mythic proportions. Snow plows were called...

FREE FERTILE EGGS with Incubator Purchase - Great Science Fair Project from Local Harvest Blog [Tue, 03/09/2010 - 2:21pm]

For a limited time we are offering FREE fertile chicken eggs with the purchase of our mini chicken, quail or duck incubator. This incubator is inexpensive and perfect for the home or classroom...