Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

Discover eight of the most outstanding plants in the desert today. Native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Mexico, the saguaro cactus stands tall and proud, a sentinel of the desert landscape.

Rain is forecast for later this week, but Phoenix will need more than one storm to offset months of drought. With parched ...

Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting our saguaros and our homes in danger.

Last summer’s monsoon is best described as a “non-soon” with very little precipitation. In the five months since August there has been virtually no measurable rain in the ...

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is a sprawling natural sanctuary showcasing the Sonoran Desert's rugged beauty. Spanning more than 30,000 acres, this preserve is one of the largest urban preserves in ...

The garden has five walkable trails: the Sonoran Desert Nature Trail, Center for Desert Living Trail, Desert Discovery Trail, Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Trail and Plants & People of the ...