Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Shutterstock / Simone Hogan Credit: Shutterstock / Simone Hogan Nurturing a garden in a desert climate is a unique ...

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 ...

Home to more than 1,300 plant species from around the world, Balboa Park’s Desert Garden feels like a hidden escape in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Noelle Johnson moved from coastal California to the desert in 1986, and everything she planted in her new garden died. She wasn't ...

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 ...

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, ...

Indoor gardening can sometimes feel like a daunting task, especially if your heart is set on creating a desert oasis right in your living room. However, with the right plants, knowledge, and care, you ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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, ...