Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

It’s early on a Tuesday morning, but crowds are already lining up at the gate to Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden (DBG). In ...

The Red Hills Desert Garden in St. George, Utah, made me fall in love with the desert. With cacti, waterfalls, and dinosaur ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Springtime is a particularly colorful season to visit the Desert Botanical Garden. Visitors who arrive mid-February through mid-June will see an abundance of blooming cactus ...

From hiking trails to giraffe feeding, watching wallabies or learning about wildlife, Southern California's Living Desert Zoo And Gardens has an adventure for everyone.

The Centennial Museum and the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, located on the University of Texas at El Paso campus, safeguard the desert's cultural and natural history. At the museum, permanent ...

The best things to do in metro Phoenix, from hiking Piestewa Peak to eating at Bacanora, shared by locals who know the Valley ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is one of Phoenix's top tourist attractions, one of the best gardens in the country according to Vogue magazine and an all-around local gem. It's also not cheap to ...

With minimal rain but harsh sunlight in the desert, we replaced indoor hallways with shaded exterior pathways, encouraging occupants to walk through carefully curated botanical gardens. These ...

The Desert Botanical Garden, an oasis nestled among the red rocks of Papago Park, turns 86 in February. The idea for a desert garden came from a small group of Valley-based advocates in the 1930s.