Garden and Property Tours at Willowtail Springs
Start May 27, 2023!
New!
Often Requested!
Beginning at the end of May!
Willowtail Gardens: Willowtail is offering set dates!
Saturday, May 27, Garden Tour, 10 am-12:00 noon
Iris and other spring to early summer flowers and their pollinators
Led by Master Gardner Jacqueline Hudson,
an expert on all things gardening.
Park at the Green Field House on the left (with bell on the front),
and walk or shuttle to the Gardens.
Guided tour and talk begin at 10:30 sharp.
Sorry, no dogs, even on a leash.
No smoking anywhere on the property.
Bring a bag lunch if you want to eat in the garden.
For questions or directions: Call or text Peggy 970-560-0333
Or email: peggy@willowtail.org
Donations are suggested for our Scholarship Residency Fund.
Jacq Hudson is descended from a long line of farmers, gardeners, and naturalists living in and managing the same area in the Piedmont of Virginia since 1666. Her grandmother taught her the ways of organic gardening and all the interacting connections that create the web of life in nature since she was five years old. Since moving to Colorado in 1991, Jacqueline has continued to garden and learn how to apply the ways of her grandmother to her Colorado home’s gardens. In addition, she has completed the certified Colorado Gardener program through the CSU Extension Office in San Miguel County. She also anticipates getting her Colorado Native Plant Master certification this June. She applies her skills as a specialist in Down Valley Park in San Miguel County, maintaining, planting, researching, and conducting educational outreach activities in the Pollinator Garden.
Willowtail Springs is located on Diné Bí Kéyah, traditional Navajo land, near the escarpment of the northern sacred mountain, Dibé Ntsaa. It is also part of the open range of the Ute people, now living on the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Tribal Allotment reservations to the southwest and southeast. Additionally, Mesa Verde and the surrounding lands in Montezuma County and the Four Corners Region were occupied by the Ancestral Puebloan People a thousand years ago. We honor the past, present, and future indigenous people residing in this region and recognize them as long standing stewards of this land, amplifying our work by their historical presence and their living contributions to land preservation efforts across this region.
