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 ...

If you're new to the desert, forget everything you knew about gardening back home. You've entered a counter-intuitive climate that breaks every rule you ever learned about gardening. Fortunately for ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Catherine Crowley’s DNA includes a green thumb. Her grandparents were farmers in the Garden State before she was born; her parents always had a vegetable garden. Both Mom and Dad were scratch cooks ...

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 ...

PHOENIX (AP) — When I moved to Phoenix last summer, I was bewildered by all the bright green grass I saw smack in the middle of the Sonoran Desert — in residential yards, on golf courses, at community ...

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, ...

PHOENIX — If you have yet to visit the Desert Botanical Garden or have been itching to get there this year, Saturday is the day to go. The desert attraction is offering $8 admission on Saturday, Feb.

The Desert Botanical Garden in Papago Park is throwing their 80th birthday bash this Saturday, February 16, and everyone is invited to celebrate. Ken Schutz, executive director of the garden, says ...