Desert Botanical Garden invites visitors to experience its first‐ever indoor orchid show: Orchid Fever, open now through May 11. Set within the Garden’s new The RAF Exhibit Gallery, this floral ...

As The Desert Sun’s opinion and community engagement editor, I’m always looking for ways to collaborate with you, the readers — which is why I jumped at the opportunity to work with horticultural ...

Five beautiful and water-wise desert gardens in the Palm Springs area will be showcased on March 15 when the Desert Horticultural Society holds its 16th annual garden tour. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brianna Randall writes about the intersection of travel and science. My son gasped in delight as the mama giraffe’s black tongue ...

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.

Despite the desert environment of the Coachella Valley, most of the landscaping here is predominantly made up of non-native and even tropical plants. Although aesthetically pleasing, these plants, ...