Acacia and tamarisk trees sprout from shallow circular planters ... and preserve knowledge of the cultural traditions of the desert and the oasis. Children attend weekly music classes in the ...

perhaps marking the start of the oasis’ development. The presence of date palms is significant because these tall trees are an essential enabler for desert agriculture. As well as providing food ...

I have a very clear memory from childhood of hiking with my family through a sandy desert wash in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the sun beating down as we trudged through the thick terrain. It was ...

For decades, water pumped from beneath the California desert has flowed to an oasis of lawns ... outside and uses the water for plants and trees in her drought-tolerant garden.

Winter in the desert is a peculiar thing ... Joshua Tree is a space of remarkable natural beauty. The eponymous trees dot a landscape that's interesting in its own right. Rounded, beige boulders ...

As the oasis dries out, cottonwoods struggle to survive, and palm trees are popping up, part of the canyon’s slow transition into a Colorado Desert-type habitat. On my recent trip to Big ...

I tried to select trees that would flourish in our USDA Zone 9, complement my succulent garden and produce filtered sunlight. One of my choices was the Desert Willow tree, Chilopsis Linearis.

Two people walk down a boardwalk across the Mojave Desert at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge ... “it could eliminate nearly all suitable habitat for Joshua trees in the park.” Park rangers could ...