Christmas Lights |
All Around Town |
Most of November and December is dedicated to decorating the Town for Christmas. With the official Tree Lighting event held in Limbach Park on the first Saturday in December. |
3rd Street Trailhead |
3rd Street Trailhead for Santa Fe Trail |
Parks staff built stone walls around parking and landscape areas, installed an irrigation system and extended the trail to picnic tables. |
Waterwise Demonstration Garden |
Adams and 2nd Street |
This garden is being built with the intent to educate and demonstrate water saving landscaping principles. It will connect to the Santa Fe trial on the northeastern side and will feature labeled plants and educational signage. This space is being completed in phases, with phase one already completed. |
Barnhart Orchard |
3rd Street, north of Santa Fe Trailhead |
After receiving a grant from the Colorado Tree Coalition and a donation from the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project, the Parks Department began developing the space north of 3rd street along the Santa Fe Trail into an orchard space. This area is still under development, with the landscaping along the frontage and official naming and signage being the most recent additions. |
Updated Landscaping |
Town Hall, Water Department, Downtown Monument, Cemetery
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In recent years, the Parks Department has worked to update or create new flower beds and landscaped spaces. Efforts include new concrete planters along 2nd street, renovated beds at the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce and Monument Sanitation District office. New landscaping at the Water Department building and Town Hall, and audits of aging irrigation systems in these landscapes. |