If you decide to make your backyard into a forest of succulent trees, you might not get much shade, but you will probably never need to worry about irrigation or pruning. Moreover, you might ...

Depending on where you live, you may not have much of a choice as to whether or not a desert garden is right for your backyard. At least, not if you hope to keep your water bill to a minimum. However, ...

As The Desert Sun’s opinion and community engagement editor, I’m always looking for ways to collaborate with you, the readers — which is why I jumped at the opportunity to work with horticultural ...

Do you know that 5 minutes of gardening improves both self-esteem and mood as well as making you feel more tranquil, generous and hopeful*? To me this is both surprising and makes so much sense. I ...

The desert fascinates me. Living in the mountains for most of my life, I always loved visiting family in Arizona and Southern Utah, where the temperatures were typically high, cacti were everywhere I ...

Residents of metro Phoenix already knew that our Desert Botanical Garden is a treasure. Now, readers of Vogue magazine online know it, too. On Thursday, the website published an article titled “The ...