Gardening enthusiasts and nature lovers, reserve Nov. 16 for an extraordinary free event hosted by the Desert Horticultural Society. The organization's Native Plant Community Celebration brings ...

As large solar projects become more common across the Mountain West, questions remain about their environmental footprint, ...

Answer: At this time of year, you will find rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis) plants that have been shaped to look like Christmas trees. Rosemary is an aromatic shrub native to the Mediterranean ...

By Matt Simon for Grist. Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for Nevada News Service reporting for the Grist-Public News ...

Discover drought-tolerant native desert trees—whitethorn acacia, catclaw mimosa and screwbean mesquite—that shelter songbirds ...

The desert plants gathered by the Hohokam - and later the Tohono O'odham - for food, medicine, tools and other things are still around. Even so, many contemporary Tucsonans don't recognize their uses.

The Mojave Desert Land Trust is holding its largest-ever native plant sale in Joshua Tree. On Saturday, about 4,000 plants will be on sale, representingover 65 species, which are drought tolerant and ...

Rosie Crocker grew up in the Phoenix area surrounded by mostly concrete, as she remembers it. It wasn’t until she moved to ...

Audrey Longshore, a high school biology teacher in Victorville, California, is teaching her students about the importance of native plants. Longshore believes that using native plants in landscaping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plants grow among solar panels at the Gemini Solar Project, near Las Vegas. Courtesy of Tiffany Pereira A rare desert plant is ...