GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Spring in Garfield County means it’s time to start mitigating invasive Myrtle and Cypress spurge, and Dame’s rocket. Garfield County Vegetation Management is urging residents to keep an eye out for these noxious weeds, and to take part in the Purge the Spurge/Sock the Rocket program, which offers $20 vouchers toward landscape or garden plants at the Mountain Valley Greenhouse in Glenwood Springs in exchange for pulled spurges and Dame’s rocket. The program runs through June 6, and interested residents can sign up by calling Garfield County Vegetation Management at (970) 379-4456; Colorado State University (CSU)

GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – The sixth-annual Purge the Spurge event is now underway through June 30. Garfield County invites residents to pull two highly invasive noxious weeds – myrtle and cypress spurge. Both are non-natives originally imported as ornamental garden plants. They readily escape the confines of the garden or lawn and invade areas of native vegetation. These plants thrive on south-facing, rocky slopes. Here’s how it works: pull and bag your spurge and contact a sponsor listed below. The sponsor will give you a voucher that you can redeem for landscape or garden plants at the Mountain Valley Greenhouse