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High Plains Environmental Center

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Welcome to the High Plains, where the sun shines more than 300 days each year and the passing clouds release barely enough water to support life.

HPEC is a nonprofit environmental center that works to bring native plants and wildlife habitat into the suburban environment.

🌿 #1 Most Diverse Native Plant Nursery in Colorado
🌿 Restoration Ecology Services
🌿 Environmental Education Classes Yet somehow, plants, animals, and people thrive and coexist here. We invite you to experience our living laboratory at High Plains Environmental Center. Discover how to live in better harmony with the land. Explore the connection between sustainable living and ecological processes that foster personal and community well-being. Visit the HPEC, walk our trails, and participate in fun, educational activities. Join us at workshops on water, energy conservation and efficient consumerism. Work and play with us as we conduct wildlife studies and environmental research. Discover your place in the High Plains community.

11/07/2026

Our friends at Wild Ones Front Range have put out a call for Native Seeds for their Annual Native Seed Swaps!

"Because of the drought, seed production is down. Wild Ones Front Range is really relying on seeds from your yard! Urban/yard seed collecting is a great way to support native plants. and we’d love for you to collect from your garden for our upcoming Seed Swaps! Before you head out, check out helpful resources on ethical seed collection and maximizing seed viability at the Front Range Wild Ones website."

Learn how you can contribute native plant seeds, or attend a free seed swap event, on their website
https://frontrange.wildones.org/collecting-cleaning-native-seeds/

11/06/2026

Hardy Native Plants Add Local Color to Any Landscape

"Native plants were here long before we were, so they can prosper without much help from us. They’re naturally adapted to Zone 5b hardiness. They thrive in a three-season western climate. They adore the clay-like substance we call Colorado soil. They tolerate low humidity and skin-cracking dry winds. They’re more resistant to pests than nonnatives, they prohibit the spread of noxious weeds, and they capture the essence of the Centennial State."

Kristen Owens for NOCO Style
Read the Article: https://nocostyle.com/2019/04/30/getting-back-to-our-roots/

11/05/2026

Native Plant Spotlight

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium or Aromatic Aster
Pronounced: Symph (as in symphony) - Try - Come
Family: Asteraceae (daisy)
Formerly called: Aster oblongifolius

I'm choosing this plant for our weekly spotlight because it is extremely popular with bees and butterflies right now! This plant is a late-blooming heavy weight champion for our region.

11/04/2026

Our team uses a rotating adaptive management strategy. Our restoration plans adapt with the land as it changes. By working with the land, not against it, we have seen long term success on hundreds of acres for our clients.

11/03/2026

Save the Date: Landscaping With Colorado Native Plants Conference is on 02/27/2027 in Golden, CO.

Website: https://www.landscapingwithcoloradonativeplants.org/

11/02/2026

What kind of classes are you most interested in attending in 2027? Let us know here!

What programs do you want HPEC to offer in 2027? You can vote for classes we've offered before, new classes, or suggest topics/teachers.

10/31/2026

We had fun trick or treating for pollinators this morning with kids in costume spreading wildflower seeds.

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween!

10/31/2026

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) at HPEC, photographed by Jessica Schmidtbauer.

10/30/2026

Did you know that your license plate can support pollinators, too? Thanks to People and Pollinators Action Network it can! Make a difference for pollinators everywhere you go.

Learn more: https://www.peopleandpollinators.org/co-pollinator-license-plate

Address

2698 Bluestem Willow Drive
Loveland, CO
80538

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 3pm
Tuesday	9am - 3pm
Wednesday	9am - 3pm
Thursday	9am - 3pm
Friday	9am - 3pm
Saturday	9am - 3pm
Sunday	9am - 3pm

Website

http://www.suburbitat.org/

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