Desert Horticultural Society of the Coachella Valley

11/19/2024

Thank you so much for hosting all of us! It was a fantastic day and you took so many wonderful photos!!

11/16/2024

Native Plant Community Celebration is TODAY! Come see us in Indio and get your native plants! 🦉🦇🐝🦋🌵🌼🌞

The event previously known as Garden Day is November 16, 2024 It's at a new location, too! Where: Desert Wildlife Center 46500 Van Buren St., Indio, CA 92201 Wh

10/19/2024

Garden Day has a new name and a new location this year, but the fun is still the same! And it's still 100% FREE!

Join us at the Desert Wildlife Center in Indio to buy native plants (plenty of Milkweed), get advice on how to plant and care for them, and what to buy to build wildlife-friendly pollinator gardens here in Coachella Valley.

Learn more: https://deserthorticulturalsociety.org/garden-day/

04/03/2024

Join us in Greater Palm Springs to explore The Living Desert's 50+ award-winning botanical gardens and “dig in” to desert plants at their first-ever Xerophilous event on April 6 & 7! 🌵🪴🌻

https://www.livingdesert.org/events/upcoming-zoo-events/xerophilous/

This special event features…

🌱 Intimate garden tours, hosted by the park's expert botanists and gardeners

🌱 Small-group presentations by local plant and botanical experts

🌱 A California native plant sale, with plants propagated at The Living Desert

🌱 Local conservationists who protect the desert's wildlife and wild places

🌱 Botanical-themed cocktails

03/08/2024

We're so excited to see our Garden Tour on Desert Sun. We hope you'll join us for a closer look at desert gardens on Saturday March 16 in Palm Springs!

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., visitors will have access to stunning private gardens, including one newly completed public space garden in Rancho Mirage.

02/27/2024

Have you always wanted a beautiful garden but don't know where to start? 🤔

Don't miss out on our Annual Garden Tour, where our guides will walk you through the beautiful gardens in our community and show you how simple it is to maintain a desert garden!

We'll see you Saturday, March 16th from 10AM-3PM. Make sure to grab tickets before they sell out—your ticket purchase will support Mary Brent Wehrli Scholarship Fund, which helps local graduates of C.O.D. in 4 year degree that benefits the environment.

https://deserthorticulturalsociety.org/annual-garden-tour/

02/23/2024

Take a stroll through lush desert gardens 🌵 and support scholarships for local students! Join us for our Annual Garden Tour on Saturday, March 16th from 10AM-3PM.

Proceeds go to our Mary Brent Wehrli Scholarship Fund, which helped our last recipient Ignacio Moreno graduate from Cal Poly Pomona with two degrees.

Purchase tickets or volunteer here: https://deserthorticulturalsociety.org/annual-garden-tour/

10/01/2023

It's that time again! Garden Day 2023 is right around the corner! Join us for a totally free event from 8am - 2pm on Saturday, October 21 at UCR Palm Desert! More information on our website. https://deserthorticulturalsociety.org/garden-day/

Lecture topics include Trees, Native Plants, Edible Gardening, and Climate Resilience.

There will be plant sales from Master Gardeners, California Native Plant Society, and the Palm Springs High School group which grows plants to support Monarchs.

There will be local organizations and individuals on hand to answer your questions about native plants and irrigation!

We’re super excited about this new format we’ve organized with our Garden Coalition members — DHSCV, UCR, Master Gardeners, and California Native Plant Society (CNPS).

10/19/2022

Did you hear? Our FREE and FUN Garden Day is BACK! This Saturday, October 22, 9am - 2pm at UCR Palm Desert. Learn from our local experts, Chat with our local experts, and Buy plants! 🐦🦉🦇🐝🪱🐛🦋🕸🦂🐢🐍🦎🐏🌵🌴🌱🪺🌸🌞💦

Full details on our website: https://deserthorticulturalsociety.org/annual-desert-garden-community-day/

03/11/2021

Invasive plants to watch out for courtesy of Mojave Desert Land Trust — bone up and pull 'em out! Like me (Jessyca), when I pull Sahara Mustard from golf courses while waiting at the tee :D

Invasive plants harm ecosystems and the animals that rely on native flora for food.

03/06/2020

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We must give children the opportunity to interact with the wilderness, so that they learn to preserve the natural world.