Too Much of a Good Thing

August 20, 2020

Warm temperatures, blue skies and abundant sunshine. The good things. Primary reasons so many call Arizona home. However, lately you could say, “too much of a good thing” is well … too much. The recent spate of extreme heat, including record-breaking daytime...

Meditate with Desert Mandalas

August 7, 2020

In honor of National Relaxation Day, enjoy these new Garden-inspired mandala coloring sheets. Simply drag the images below to your desktop, and print! Or import them into your favorite software program to begin. Back to...

Activity | Backyard Ikebana

August 7, 2020

Creating With Flowers, Stems and Leaves Freshly-snipped Garden flowers in a vase can liven up a home, with their inherent beauty and capacity to grace indoor living spaces. Although this is often done hurriedly without too much thought, the plants growing in backyards...

Garden Gallery Showcase Recap

August 5, 2020

More than 50 fellow Patrons Circle, Garden Fund and special donors joined in the Garden Gallery Showcase–a virtual gathering to celebrate the desert through hundreds of submissions and a few chosen winners. Please enjoy the results, video and recipe below. Our staff...

Prickly Pear-adise

August 4, 2020

Prickly Pear: Uses and Benefits Monsoon season in Arizona brings clouds, thunder, rain and flash floods in the mostly dry washes along the desert, and it announces the end of the hot season. Another remarkable event that monsoon season brings is the ripening of fruits...

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Too Much of a Good Thing

Meditate with Desert Mandalas

Activity | Backyard Ikebana

Garden Gallery Showcase Recap

Prickly Pear-adise