Conservation Gardens

The gardens are located behind the Northern Water headquarters building in Berthoud, Co. The gardens and the adjoining Colorado-Big Thompson Project Interpretive Area are free and open to the public seven days a week April through September during daylight hours.

Each area of the gardens is labeled to give homeowners, gardeners and landscaping professionals information on using these plants to save water in their landscapes.

The gardens have five separate grass areas with different types of native and turf grasses, a weather station and soil and irrigation technology demonstration areas.

The Xeriscape plaza has eight “Colorado friendly” and water-wise landscapes, including a native plant display, yucca, water-wise and prairie landscape gardens.

C-BT Interpretive Area

The Colorado-Big Thompson Interpretive Area, just east of the Conservation Gardens, is a working model of the C-BT Project. It includes 12 reservoirs and the 13.1-mile Alva B. Adams tunnel.

Cell Phone Audio Tour

Download a Cell Phone Audio Tour Brochure (PDF) to take a self-guided tour of the gardens and the Interpretive Area. The Conservation Gardens Plant List (PDF) identifies the species of plants in the gardens.

Conservation Gardens at Northern Water brochure (PDF)

Colorado-Big Thompson Interpretive Area brochure (PDF)