Despite the desert environment of the Coachella Valley, most of the landscaping here is predominantly made up of non-native and even tropical plants. Although aesthetically pleasing, these plants, ...

Summer heat in the Coachella Valley can be challenging for gardeners, but certain plants can thrive with proper care. Experts advise planting established plants or heat-tolerant varieties like melons, ...

We like to use our gardens not just for growing plants but to give us a beautiful space to enjoy the outdoors. Gardeners like to decorate their spaces just like we decorate our homes. Decorations make ...

Whether you’re busy getting that summer garden in or figuring out how to get started on a landscape, you can learn more about what you’re doing with three resources that recently became available.

Q: Are there any chestnut trees that can grow well in our hot climate and produce edible chestnuts? We would like to plant one in our backyard but wanted to make sure they can take the weather. What ...

The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix is one of 62 other gardens, arboretums and zoos that take in rescued cactus and succulents. Cactuses are the fifth-most endangered group of living things in the ...

Two scenes. Two storytellers. Two visions for a climate-altered American West. On an overcast spring morning, I hopped a low metal fence off a lonely dirt road in the Nevada desert, following botanist ...

Two years after breaking ground, Norfolk Botanical Garden's "Garden of Tomorrow" expansion is entering the final phases of ...