Superbloom is an award-winning planning & landscape architecture firm located in Denver, CO. We are committed to dynamic design, environmental stewardship and deep research. Superbloom was founded on a commitment to crafting meaningful connections between people and the land through the practice of transformative design. We design large-scale projects for municipal, commercial, agricultural, and educational clients, focusing on work that transforms communities and ecological systems. We learn, we get our hands dirty; we create landscapes of enduring beauty, but we never lose sight of the fact that the influences of time, seasonality, and culture are what make places extraordinary.
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In April, at the Denver City & County Building, the Mayor & Parks Director starting rolling up the existing non-functional bluegrass turf - initiating the shift from a traditional irrigated lawn to a more diverse, climate-adapted prairie landscape.
This project will convert 1-acre of high water use turfgrass into a prairie system composed primarily of native grasses and wildflowers. A more efficient irrigation system will also be installed to support establishment while reducing overall water use.
Funded through Park Legacy dollars and Denver Water, this effort reflects a broader commitment to building a more sustainable and resilient park system across Denver.
@denverparksrec@therealcityofdenver@denvermayor@civiccenterdenver@denver_water
design team: @hydrosystemskdi@birchecology
contractor: @westernstatesreclamation
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There’s a quiet shift happening across the West.
We’re getting more interest than ever to replace turf grass for more sustainable water wise plants.
Not only for water savings, but for habitat, beauty, and meaning.
Lawns are being rethought through a different lens:
cost, water use, long-term maintenance, ecological impact.
Less lawn. More landscape.
This Earth Day, we’re reflecting on how landscapes transform and asking: how can we be part of transformations that leave the spaces we love better than we found them?
We believe that every day and every landscape holds the potential to regenerate, restore, and inspire. From the places we visit time and time again to the wild spaces we cherish, transformation begins with stewardship. Sometimes transformation begins with a simple action; other times it takes a larger overhaul and lots of patients. No matter the scale, we’re excited to be part of creating places that are more resilient and connected than before.
Goodby grass, hello habitat! 🐝
Yesterday, we launched a transformation project that will convert existing non-functional bluegrass turf to a diverse landscape consisting of native grasses and wildflowers - referred to as Coloradoscaping.
This project will also replace existing irrigation with a more efficient system to support the native landscaping while conserving water. About 1 million gallons a year!
Landscape transformation is the process of replacing water-thirsty bluegrass with a mix of native and climate-adapted plants. These plants require significantly less water and maintanence while enhancing a habitat for birds and pollinators.
Thank you to our partners at Denver Water!
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A civic landscape, reimagined.
This month, the lawn at the Denver City & County Building begins its transformation into a climate-adapted landscape, shifting from high-water bluegrass turf to a more diverse, resilient planting system inspired by the Colorado prairie.
This project will create:
-Significant reduction in irrigation demand (estimated ~50–70%)
-Thousands of square feet of turf converted to diverse planting and habitat
-Increased pollinator support through expanded plant diversity
-Reduced long-term maintenance inputs and emissions associated with mowing and irrigation
A public meadow for a changing climate.
@denverparksrec@therealcityofdenver@denvermayor@hydrosystemskdi@birchecology@denver_water
Love pollinators, trees and native plants? 🌱🌼🐝
Join Denver Community Planning and Development for the #Denver Resilient Landscapes Symposium on Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at @csuspur .
Stop by for resources including rebates, free native seeds, tree giveaways, and expert advice to help transform your landscapes. Provide feedback on the draft recommendations for new development landscaping including new tree preservation requirements and turfgrass limitations.
Sign up at Denvergov.org/landscape to receive a free parking code and let us know you’ll be joining!
@denvercasr@denverparksrec@therealcityofdenver@studiosuperbloom
Landscape architecture in the West is shifting rapidly in practice and process.
Water scarcity, plant ecology, and long-term performance are no longer future conditions, they are our design frameworks. In the Front Range of the Rockies, shortgrass prairie systems provide a working model: deep-rooted grasses and plant communities that are shaped by variability, drought, and intense conditions.
Resilience is often already present in the landscape; systems that stabilize soil, hold habitat structure, and reduce irrigation demand. The work is in reading it.
The west is in a moment of reckoning.
In the face of increased drought, loss of biodiversity and growing climatic instability, how can Landscape Architects imagine and design a better future?
Landscapes are no longer neutral. They are resource-intensive systems that either increase pressure on our water sources or help relieve it. We’re seeing a growing awareness that the way we design landscapes has to shift.
In Colorado, roughly 50–60% of residential water use goes to outdoor irrigation. That means half of household water demand is spent watering turf, ornamental planting, and landscapes that are not always aligned with our climate.
Traditional turf can require 2–3x more water than climate-adapted native grass or meadow plantings, which are designed to work with seasonal drought, soil conditions, and local ecology rather than against them. Shifting even a portion of turf to diverse, native plant communities can significantly reduce irrigation demand while expanding habitat, soil health, and resilience.
It’s time to recalibrate.
Source: science.nasa.gov
Letting nature speak for itself.
Our work observes patterns of terrain, water, and live matter, translating what is there into spatial compositions that are at once minimal, textured and expansive.
The landscape becomes a medium for detailed moments, panoramic views, and a quiet dialogue between humans and ecological rhythm.
Sandstone is formed by water, pressure, and time.
Grains, carried by ancient seas, settled, compressed, and slowly turned to stone.
Its abundance has made it a foundational building material across the West, valued for its durability, strength, and adaptability.
In our designed landscapes, it brings a timeless quality - authentic, practical. We use it for walls, steps, edges, and places to sit because it lasts, and because it belongs.
Pulling material from the same geologic landscape it’s built into reduces transportation distance, lowers embodied carbon, and anchors the project in place.
The work starts in the field,
walking the quarry, selecting stone by hand.
We are having fun working with our friends at @studiosuperbloom on a new project in Boulder County. The owners have a vision for a working farm, that will simultaneously heal the land and make it more productive. When seamless integration of buildings and site is the goal, a true collab with partners like @studiosuperbloom is critical!
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