Coloradoscape: The Official Wild Ones Front Range Podcast

HPEC Nursery Online Plant Sale: https://suburbitat.org/native-plant-nursery/

This is part one of an interview with Stephen Hornbeck, nursery manager at the High Plains Environmental Center in Loveland, CO. Link to High Plains Environmental Center nursery sale: https://high-plains-environmental-center.square.site/

In this episode I speak with Amy Yarger, Senior Director of Horticulture at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.  Butterfly Pavilion Community Science: https://butterflies.org/community-science/ Butterfly Pavilion resource on pollinator gardens: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://butterflies.org/science-and-conservation/habitat-gardening/__;!!NCZxaNi9jForCP_SxBKJCA!SooN2MmdinlQEZpdQt3CY1LwZljKKJwuln5LiT8JW0wRf91_ulZb4J6dAu1pAklzXm2lcVHxYQgD6EQRULnFjhg1mQ$   Article on honeybees displacing native bees: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3939   Additional article on honeybees negatively impacting native bee populations: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666515822000154 Additional article on honeybees negatively impacting native bee populations: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bee-science/articles/10.3389/frbee.2025.1508958/full   Information from Xerces Society on potential impacts of honeybees on native bees: https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/overview-of-potential-impacts-of-honey-bees-to-native-bees-plant  

In this episode, Jonathan provides some advice to new native plant gardeners and highlights some upcoming plant swaps. He also hears from Frank in Limon, Suzie in Plainfield, Illinois, and Washington Eagles, a tour bus driver and professional arm wrestler. 

In this episode, we speak with Eryn Murphy, founder and owner of Restorative Landscape Design. I also test out a new catchphrase.  Link to Restorative Landscape Design: https://restorativelandscapedesign.com/

On the first episode of Coloradoscape, we speak with Jim Tolstrup of the High Plains Environmental Center. Link to High Plains Environmental Center: https://suburbitat.org/ Link to High Plains Environmental Center's Native Plant Nursery Sale: https://high-plains-environmental-center.square.site/ Link to Jim Tolstrup's book, Suburbitat: https://www.amazon.com/SUBURBITAT-guide-restoring-nature-where-ebook/dp/B096DGP8B3#detailBullets_feature_div