VAIL — Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Director Nicola Ripley was recently awarded the North American Rock Garden Societies Award of Merit. This honor is given to those who have made outstanding ...

From a narrow path edge to a single stone trough, an alpine style garden can transform even the smallest UK space. Follow five light-touch steps that swap heavy digging for simple, clever planting.

These pretty, low-maintenance rock garden plants make top choices for any well-draining, gravelly spot. Use them to create a colorful rock garden, but these tough plants also work well in gravel ...

Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) is a perennial ground cover native to the Eastern U.S. It blooms in late spring for three to four weeks, is about five to six inches tall and spreads up to two feet ...

When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays. Where: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center, Ford Park, 522 South Frontage Road, Vail. Cost: Free. More ...

For about 500 years, people have been trying to recreate the alpine environment in their private and public gardens, according to Connor Smith, who was the keynote speaker at the North American Rock ...

This is the amazing story of how a Wenatchee family transformed a barren hillside into a nationally acclaimed garden. The photos demonstrate ingenious ways to put natural rock formations, alpine ...

Cradled in the Rocky Mountains, Vail’s Betty Ford Alpine Gardens were established in 1985 by the Vail Alpine Garden Foundation. In 1988, the site was expanded and renamed to honor former first lady ...