Monarch Spur Park

07/24/2019

Thank you for the help Harmony Baptist Church! Now, who can help coordinate a local work day this fall? Email [email protected]!

A HUGE THANKS goes out to the Harmony Baptist Church of Atoka, Oklahoma in partnership with the Temple Baptist Church of Salida whose awesome group helped us w**d the Monarch Spur Park July 17, 2019.

Pictured left to right: Canyon Willoughby, Shelli Reeves, Alex Daniel, Gracee Cook, London Reeves, Donna Rhoads (SPOT), Chase Cerriotti, Gavin Gray, Jeremiah Brott, Anibelle Brott, Gracelyn Brott, Aliyah Gray, Chris McDonald (Pastor), Landon Reeves, Ethan McDaniel.

05/24/2018

We're scheduling another work day in June as well, please fill out the Doodle Poll to let us know if you can help:

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07/19/2017

Monarch Spur Park is being renovated, thanks to Greater Arkansas River Nature Association (GARNA), Hayley Cook and Dominique HoneyGuns Naccarato. Imagine a park dedicated to pollinators and the plants that depend on them. What would you like to learn?

12/15/2016

It's been a dust-dry fall in the valley, so far, so the plants in the park are dormant, in their winter phase. But here's a native indian paintbrush blooming from last summer. See you in spring!

09/23/2016

Sunday, Sept 25th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm is fall clean-up day in the park! We’ll be doing some w**ding, cutting back of grasses, and planting a few new plants from the Colorado Native Plant Society plant sale. Come join us and take home some native wildflower seed!

08/13/2016

Thanks to the garden volunteers for working so hard to clean-up the plantings at Monarch Spur Park this morning! Rosamunde McAtee, Louise Olsen-Marquez, Jane Templeton, Celia Curtis Adamec and Lydia, Terese, Jody Bol, and Hayley Cook--you're the best!

08/03/2016

Wildflower of the week: Rocky Mountain beeplant (Cleome serrulata) blooming now along the trail just across the street from the park. This native, drought- and heat-tolerant annual is beloved by native bees, butterflies, and even hummingbirds!

07/27/2016

Plant of the week: Scarlet bugler (Penstemon barbatus), a hummingbird favorite is blooming now in the park. No irrigation at all and blooming despite our summer drought!