How the city saves water while landscaping, what residents can do to help, and helpful guides and plant lists for maintaining a beautiful landscape at our high altitude.
A list of trees that are specifically adapted to our climate and better suited to putting up with the tough conditions that right-of-way (street) trees face, such as drought, road salt, high heat, and pollution.
Trees are an efficient and inexpensive way to divert and clean storm-water, capture carbon and give us fresh air to breathe, create more biodiversity to support our local ecosystem, and foster a calm community and happier sense of wellbeing. If you choose to plant a tree at home, please let us know where, so we can add it to our tree map!
The Parks Department encourages all property owners to adhere to our Street Tree code and help keep our public green spaces clean and thriving. For information on planting, removing and caring for trees on both public and private property in Glenwood Springs please see the Glenwood Springs Municipal Code Title 090.
It is against the law for any person to plant, remove, destroy or cause to be planted, removed, or destroyed any tree in or upon the public right-of-way or other public property within the City of Glenwood Springs without having first obtained a written permit to do so. To request permission to remove or install a tree on public property, please complete the Public Tree Removal Installation Permit application.
Volunteer to help build, maintain, and keep our parks and trails clean! We have several group events and individual volunteer opportunities available throughout the year. Check our calendar or sign up for our green collar program for an opportunity to learn more about the outdoors and how we care for it in our community!
