Time Travel in the Garden

Gardens fold time and space for those who tend them; what gardeners see in their gardens is different from what visitors see

May 22 • Isaac Holyoak

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Three native food-producing shrubs to grow in your desert garden

In the desert garden, it helps to enlarge our understanding of what (and for whom) it means to grow food

May 14 • Isaac Holyoak

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Garden of Three Seasons

The desert's peculiar rhythms are a guide for a saner way to garden

May 7 • Isaac Holyoak

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April 2026

Finding Grace in the Garden

That a garden appears at all still surprises me

Apr 30 • Isaac Holyoak

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August 2025

The Point of Gardens is Gardening

I’m humbled by the intuition that while the desert is full of gardens, a desert garden is a contradiction.

Aug 13, 2025 • Isaac Holyoak

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July 2025

Gardening Failures

A dying mimosa tree is changing how I see the garden

Jul 23, 2025 • Isaac Holyoak

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Desert Cottage Garden

Finally, a gardening book for Las Vegas by local gardening guru Michele Chambliss, aka The Perennial Garden Consultant

Jul 16, 2025 • Isaac Holyoak

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Choice Weed

Purslane, Portulaca oleracea, is an edible weed that I let be in the garden

Jul 9, 2025 • Isaac Holyoak

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June 2025

Dispatch From a Red Flag Day in Las Vegas

Some ideas for managing the heat, plus a few flowering plants you can grow by seed that aren’t at all bothered

Jun 18, 2025 • Isaac Holyoak

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Two White Flowers and a Lesson in Desert Garden Simplicity

Young visitors to my garden reminded me of the total astonishment, the childlike wonder, evoked by a garden in the desert, plus two white flowers I’m…

Jun 4, 2025 • Isaac Holyoak

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May 2025

The Front Yard is A Perfect Place to Pack in the Opuntia

Beavertail cactus is a native, and many Engelmannii types are beautiful and easy to grow

May 14, 2025 • Isaac Holyoak

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Wild Buckwheats, Herbaria, and Heart Attacks

Buckwheats (Eriogonum) are beautiful in the desert garden; consider trying Little Rascal, a native cultivar, in your garden

May 7, 2025 • Isaac Holyoak

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