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Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 1:40 AM

‘Embrace the beige’

It may be a hard sell to get Colorado homeowners to “embrace the beige” during this extreme drought season, but Colorado State University’s gardening and water experts are up for the challenge.

Scott Curry and Lori Catalano threw out the eye-opening phrase during a campus podcast, alongside a bunch of tips for homeowners to accept their watering limitations this year, and then think long term about altering their landscape. We caught up with Curry, an assistant professor of landscape design, and added in other suggestions from their podcast, which can be found here.

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