Living in the desert opens up new vistas for someone interested in gardening. Desert gardens can be sensational while consuming relatively little water and supporting native pollinators. Tucson's growing season is almost year round and we are blessed with numerous native plants nurseries and botanical resources, including UA cooperative extension information found here.
Our urban gardens can provide children as well as adults with abundant lessons in plant-insect interactions (see ASU Professor John Alcock's "In a Desert Garden").
Below are some photos taken in my backyard in 2007.
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