Coloring Colorado is headed up by Elizabeth Allen.

 

When Elizabeth was a tiny tot, her grandmother sent her into the cut flower garden to make arrangements for the dinner table, where a love for flowers blossomed somewhere between the fairy roses and the mint patch.

Playing in the woods and a strong draw to natural history nurtured that love until high school when Elizabeth got her first garden center job.

 

A pivotal moment happened in college when Elizabeth campaigned for a healing garden to be installed at her dorm as a place of respite from the intensity of student life. That garden is still there and helped launch Elizabeth's career as a manager at a native plants nursery after graduation.

 

Subsequently, she has worked in almost every aspect of the horticulture business including; nurseries, greenhouses, landscaping, garden design and maintenance, promotion and education.

 

Her journey took her to Colorado in 2010, and in 2011, Coloring Colorado was born.

 

Elizabeth holds a Master of Science in Horticulture degree from Texas Tech University and has earned designation as a CSU Native Plant Master. 

 

It is Elizabeth's heart to brighten people's days through flowers, and to enrich the lives around her with plants.