This Weekend: Architects & Designers at Home. Historic Boulder Spring House Tour (proudly sponsored by BCH&G Mag)

Architects & Designers at Home
Historic Boulder Spring Home Tour
Each spring Historic Boulder hosts a tour highlighting architecture from Boulder's more recent past. One of the most popular tours was Architects at Home in 2008. This year we are reprising this theme with Architects and Designers at Home, offering an opportunity to see inside the homes of Boulder's innovative architects. The tour is scheduled for 11am to 5 pm on Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25. historicboulder.org
http://www.homeandgardenmag.com/events.html#Anchor-April-49575

We have a couple of tickets to give away, if you're interested in going, let us know!

Dandelion Festival April 24, Bandshell @ Canyon and Broadway 9am-4pm

Promoting awareness about dangers pesticide usage.
Lecture by Brigitte Mars about wild, edible, and medicinal plants of Boulder
Foods and other edibles made from dandelion (?)
Backyard gardening tips (achieving and organic lawn)
Face painting and dandelion crowns for children
Music
Earth-Friendly exhibition booths
Local farmers' veggies and flowers
Dandelion Cook-off!
http://pesticideboulder.org/default.aspx

If Spring Greens are your thing, you may also enjoy this article from the Spring issue of Boulder County Home & Garden Magazine: http://www.homeandgardenmag.com/articles_sp10/recipes-spring-greens.html

Boulder County is FULL of Incredibly Talented Artisans

We're always amazed when we discover new artists in Boulder county. And, while chatting with people for our Fall Furniture Issue we came across some amazingly talented furniture crafters. We were so thrilled with our discoveries, I've decided to share them with YOU!

Aspen Log Creations, 303-819-0301
Joyful Furniture, 303-565-6678
Reclaimed Creations, 303-378-1029
Sticks & Stones Wood Workers, 303-503-6066
The Western Craftsman, 720-261-2562

For a complete list of our Furniture Finds, check out "Home Furnishings" in the Resource Directory.

Events: Oct. 15 2009 Bonfils-Stanton Lecture

Wilderness as Muse is the topic of this lecture by Terry Tempest Williams, a writer, naturalist and conservationist whose work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times and numerous other publications. The theme of her lecture is restoring our connection to the land, to the sacred and to each other. In 2006, Williams received the Robert Marshall Award from The Wilderness Society—their highest honor given to an American. Her lecture begins at 7 p.m. in Mitchell Hall at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York St. To register, call 720-865-3580, e-mail registrar @ botanicgardens .org, or visit Denver Botanic Gardens website and click on classes.

We love DecorAsian... let me tell you why.

Because they donated this beautiful chair for us to giveaway to one lucky reader of Boulder County Home & Garden Magazine!



All you have to do is go to our website and choose your favorite style, then fill out a short survey, then voila! You're entered to win!

The announcement party will be January 15th at the Boulder location. Stay tuned for details.

It's summer in Boulder

Sadly, we're not very good about updating our blog. BUT, it's a new era here at Brock Publishing and we're going to work very hard to keep our people posted!

A few EXCITING things we have going on:
1. Bathroom Contest! Enter to win a new, eco bathroom simply by telling us your compelling story. Go to www.GetBoulder.com/contest for a full list of rules and to download an application.
2. Brock Publishing is morphing into Brock MEDIA! Stay tuned for fun videos; home tours, how-to's, educational, entertaining and just fun stuff.
3. The summer issue is on stands now. Go out and find it, or simply subscribe for free and we'll deliver it to you. Click here for details.

That's it for now. Stay tuned for more stuff. In the meantime, you can check out our Facebook Page at Boulder County Home & Garden Magazine OR follow us on Twitter @homegardenmag

Save the DATE!!

I'm so excited to announce that we're moving forward on hosting another Boulder home and garden fair with Twenty Ninth Street. So... save the date! May 2, 2009. Come by anytime between 10 and 5.

Also, if you or someone you know would like to participate, we're accepting applications for vendor space, ideas for presentations & workshops and any other fun stuff you think will make this another exciting event!

Go to www.GetBoulder.com or for updates.

I hope to see you there!