Welcome to Gilpin County Extension!

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Extension is the front door to Colorado State University providing the extensive knowledge, research capabilities and resources of this premier land-grant university to Coloradans from all walks of life. Extension is dedicated to serving current and future needs of Coloradans by providing educational information and programs that safeguard health, increase livelihood, and enhance well being.

The Gilpin County Extension office is here to help you with issues about living in the mountains. Look through this site for mountain gardening, fire mitigation, forest health, wildlife issues, 4-H youth development and more. Programs are available to all without discrimination.

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Upcoming programs

Mountain Gardening Series:

May 9, 4pm Exhibit Barn: Mountain Gardening Basics. $5 Learn some of the tricks of successful gardening in the mountains, including how to garden when you don’t have outdoor watering rights!

May 10, 10am Exhibit Barn Mountain Gardening Basics (repeat) $5

May 16, 4pm Exhibit Barn Dealing with Wildlife in the Garden $5 Critters eating your garden? Learn how to keep them at bay!

May 17, 10am Exhibit Barn. Native Plants for the Mountains $5

May 31, 10am Exhibit Barn Low-water Perennial plants for the Mountains $5

June 7, 9am-- until sold out. MOUNTAIN PLANT SALE! Big-top tent outside Exhibit Barn at the Flea Market. Come early for best selection. We will have an expanded inventory of low water hardy plants, and, as usual, Mountain Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions and help you make selections.

July 20, 1-4pm Garden Party. Come see our demonstration gardens in full bloom! We will have short talks, guided tours of the critter-resistant garden, the bird and butterfly garden, the rock garden, the Plant Select Garden, the no-water experimental vegetable gardens, and the High and Dry Garden. Also, a weed booth, planting demonstrations, and lemonade and cookies!

July 26 10am Wildflower identification walk –easy, slow – fun for families (with kids above 10 yrs). Taught by a Native Plant Master Volunteer. Leaves from Exhibit Barn. $5

Weed programs:

June 21 10am Exhibit Barn. Weed I.D. and control. Free. Struggling with thistles? Can’t seem to win the war on oxeye daisy? Learn how to deal with these weeds and more! Bring in samples of your most troublesome weeds for identification and advice.

July 11 3-5pm Exhibit Barn Weed I.D. and control Free. (Repeat)

Colorado living Newsletter! http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/col_living/08mar_gilpin.pdf

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-Click on our Hot topics page for info on Mountain pine beetle, noxious weeds, carpenter ants and more.

Click on our weed page for more information about noxious weeds

Click on our horticulture page for more information on mountain gardening

Click on our natural resources page for more info on fire mitigation, water, etc.

Click on our 4-H youth development page for programs for youth 5-18

*Contact us:

Irene Shonle, Director/agent

Laura Pierce, Office Assistant

Gilpin County Extension

230 Norton Dr

Golden CO 80403

Phone: 303-582-9106.

Fax: 303-582-5062

Email: Irene.shonle@colostate.edu

Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9-2. If you want to be sure to find someone outside of the posted office hours, call ahead of time, or schedule an appointment --the Extension Agent's job frequently requires working away from the office.

Please drop by the office to pick up fact sheets, get advice, check out the informative displays in the lobby, pick up applications, etc.

OFFICE LOCATION

We are located right next to the Gilpin County Community Center (click here to see map) just off of Highway 46.

Directions: Coming from the North, head South on 119 (approx 15 miles South of Nederland). Turn left (East) when you come to the intersection with hwy 46 (there is also a sign for the Justice Center and Golden Gate Canyon State Park). Drive approx 1 mile and turn right onto Norton Drive (across from the Dory Hill campground). Park in the same parking lot as the Gilpin Community Center - the Extension office is the building without the flag.

Coming from the South: Drive North on 119 approx. 7 miles past BlackHawk. Turn right at the intersection with hwy 46 (there is also a sign for the Justice Center and Golden Gate Canyon State Park). Drive approx 1 mile and turn right onto Norton Drive (across from the Dory Hill campground).

Coming from the East: Drive West on Hwy 46 (Golden Gate Canyon Road) approx 4 miles past the Golden Gate Canyon State Park visitor center. Turn left onto Norton Drive. (If you hit Hwy 119, you've gone too far). Park in the same parking lot as the Gilpin Community Center - the Extension office is the building without the flag.

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Last updated on: April 29, 2008