Desert Seed Resource Center

01/09/2026

Uh Oh! There was a mix-up at the post office, and our PO Box was temporarily closed. It's reopened now! We apologize if anyone sent us mail that was returned to them. Please resend any mail to:

Desert Seed Resource Center
PO Box 44744
Phoenix, AZ 85064

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

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01/07/2026

Thanks for including the caterpillars that were down at the orchard, Gila Watershed Partnership!

01/02/2026

Happy New Year

12/26/2025

Merry Christmas from Desert Seed Resource Center!

12/15/2025

Happy Hanukkah from Desert Seed Resource Center!

12/04/2025

Thank you for your support this Giving Tuesday!

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12/02/2025

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11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from Desert Seed Resource Center

11/27/2025

Giving Tuesday is December 2nd! You can make a difference through giving at any time at desertseeds.org

11/22/2025

It was a beautiful morning harvesting seed after this week's rain

11/08/2025

We had our first monarch sighting at the orchard on the Arizona Milkweed. Not sure, but we think it might have been a female. We'll do an update if we find eggs. 😁🦋

08/02/2025

What a great day! Our Deputy Director, two Board Members, and a volunteer spent the morning planting Bothriochloa barbinodis, aka Cane bluestem, at the seed orchard in Safford. Some of us lovingly call this native plant, “blueberry grass” because the seed heads, when crushed, small like blueberries.

We hope to see these gems prosper with some irrigation and monsoon rains. These wild collected seed should be looking forward to the rain, and will hopefully produce an exponential crop of seed.

This fall we anticipate increasing our plantings to further diversify our seed.