For gardeners and plant people of all sorts who live in the Coachella Valley, summer is a trying time. While many edibles and ornamentals can be grown through the area's mellow winters and can ...

It didn't seem like very fortuitous timing. How could it be that, with only a handful of rainy days all season long, the Desert Horticultural Society's 18th annual Community Garden Day would happen to ...

Noelle Johnson moved from coastal California to the desert in 1986, and everything she planted in her new garden died. She wasn't used to the extremes of Arizona's hot and dry climate and neither were ...

To amateur gardeners in the desert, fall is the perfect time to kick back and pack away the trowel for spring. But, as any green thumb knows, if there isn't a winter garden full of greens to tend to, ...

From a sprawling botanical museum in Arizona to a cliffside succulent sanctuary in France, these gardens prove the desert is ...

The foundation of any happy garden is the soil. In fact, some might argue that a gardener’s job isn’t to grow plants but to cultivate healthy soil. In our desert, we are lucky to have plenty of ...

Say the word desert and what comes to mind is an area of little rainfall, extreme temperatures and sparse vegetation. Sounds a lot like Las Vegas, doesn’t it? Well, it should as the city is in the ...

“I’m an enemy of the average” stated world-famous Polish singer, socialite, and six-time-married Madame Ganna Walska, who certainly wasn’t average. In 1941 at the age of 58, Walska purchased a ...

Colleen LaFleur loved to grow agapanthus when she lived in Chicago. It burned up when she planted it in Tucson's full sun. Lynda Grams has given up trying to grow the hostas that she once collected in ...

Planning for a family outing or a fun date? The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix is a beautiful and popular attraction known for its stunning collection of desert plants from around the world. It ...

Desert Botanical Garden is celebrating its 85 th anniversary on Feb.10, 2024. Guests at the celebration can enjoy complimentary cactus cookies, hands-on nature play activities, musical performances, ...