Welcome To

 

THE HIGH PLAINS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER

Native Plant Sale

#1 Seller of Native Plants in Northern Colorado

Visit Our Gardens & Trails

HPEC is home to multiple Native Plants Demonstration Gardens, a 3.6 mile mixed pavement & gravel Trail System, and 275 acres of Open Space. Gardens & Trails are open to the Public from Dawn to Dusk.

Volunteer With Us

Weekly volunteer opportunities available in the Nursery and Gardens

Programs & Events

Free gardening, landscaping, educational, and recreation programs each month

Experience Loveland’s Living Laboratory

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. 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 as we lead workshops on ecological restoration, landscaping, and native plants. Attend presentations on wetland ecology, landscaping to support pollinators, and native wildlife. Work and play with us as we conduct citizen science projects.

Discover your place in the High Plains community.

Native Plant Nursery

 Open Space Management Services

Land & Gardens

Programs & Events

Volunteer With Us

Live Streaming Owl & Kestrels Cams

             

The cameras below are on the High Plains Environmental Center’s (HPEC) property in Loveland, Colorado.

We have been monitoring Barn Owls at this location since 2015, and Kestrels since 2019, with the assistance of the Colorado Avian Research & Rehabilitation Institute.

BARN OWL BOX

HPEC BARN

RAFTERS OUTSIDE OF THE BOX

HPEC BARN

KESTREL BOX

HPEC VISITOR CENTER