The Demonstration Garden is located east of the GVM office at Gate 8.
Created and maintained by the Ecology Team since 1997, it shows native and non-native trees, shrubs, and perennials that thrive, or at least stand good chances of survival, in our mountain terrain.
The plantings are water wise and drought tolerant, requiring low maintenance. Harmonious with the natural surroundings, they are hardy enough to withstand our land’s harsh climate and browsing wildlife.
Come take a stroll!
To come into existence, Glacier View Meadows was granted a Water Augmentation Plan (“PLAN”) by the State of Colorado on Feb 8, 1983. The PLAN is a court-supervised covenant running with the land, and all property owners are bound by that covenant. Article 8 of the PLAN states in part:
“Use of water in the residential units will be restricted to domestic, in-house only purposes. Yard irrigation and all uses other than in-house uses will prohibited by the restrictive covenants, by the provisions of this decree, and by the conditions on well permits issued by the State Engineer.”
Welcome to the world of carefully managed water use! We’ve been at it long before water became an issue for everyone.
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- Want some information about gardening in our mountain area?
- To get you started, here’s a listing of some of the flowers and shrubs we’ve been successful in growing here.
Anyone who lives in our area is invited to join the Team’s efforts.
Completely managed and maintained by resident volunteers, the Demonstration Garden is a continuous work in progress.
As in all gardens, plants need to be thinned or removed if they have outgrown their boundaries and invaded other plants, or if they have died and need to be replaced.
Seasonal maintenance is ongoing and these days we’re reconsidering a redesign of the garden’s south side.
Glacier View Meadows Ecology 