I recently returned from spending a week in Palm Springs, Calif., with my wife and two boys. Generally, I am not the type to run away from Duluth's cold winters. However, this winter I couldn't wait.

Enter Moorten Botanical Garden in the Mesa neighborhood of south Palm Springs and you’re on a different clock, in a different time. It’s just an acre or so of mature, artfully arranged cactuses and ...

From the archive: This story first published in The Desert Sun in 2016. Millennials have discovered Moorten Botanical Garden. They're reading about it and sharing their amazing photos in travel blogs ...

The Cactus to Clouds ascent just outside Palm Springs, Calif., is grueling, but natural treasures, and a speedy trip down, await anyone who is up to the challenge. Cactus to Clouds, on Mount San ...

Desert gardening is an oxymoron. But the two words actually do make sense together sometimes. In the early 20th century, the attempt to cultivate the desert required a good measure of faith and a ...