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About
Dare to be Desert Garden & Design
Dare to be Desert is a consultation, landscape and garden design, and installation business. What's with the name? Deborah has lived in the desert for more that 15 years and during that span she has seen many gardening trends both in her neighbourhood and the low valley desert. She decided it was time to bring the desert back into gardening and landscape design! The Sonoran Desert is remarkable and our desert yards can reflect that, too. Dare to be Desert challenges homeowners to tear out the lawn and install incredible combinations of desert and desert-adapted plants. Are you up for it?
We Believe in Kindness for All
Our desert-inspired landscape designs are at home in our client's outdoor spaces. The Sonoran Desert is a unique community of tenacious plants and animals. Good design involves well-organized planning to help clients make the most of their yards. Together, with appropriate low-water use plant choices, we can contribute to the health of the wider environment, too.
Inspiration
in the Desert
You won't find these fascinating plants anywhere else!
Desert
Revival
Initiatives like Tonto National Forest Rare Plant Project (of which Deborah is an active volunteer) identify and monitor endangered plant populations.
Harmonize with
other Drought Tolerants
One life to live in harmony with those plants, animals, and people around you.
Pollinator Playgrounds
These good guys strengthen and help heal the land together with the appropriate plants we chose to support all future generations.
A Trusted Background in Horticulture
- BA in Environment & Resource Management
- Desert Landscape School Certificate, Desert Botanical Garden
- Horticulture Aide for almost 15 years, Desert Botanical Garden
- Retail Nursery and Grower Experience
- Homeowner & Hands-On Fingers-in-the-Earth Gardener
- Diverse Plant Knowledge (not just the popular stuff) including cactus, euphorbias, agaves, yuccas, trees, shrubs, and perennials
- ​SMARTSCAPE Training Program for Landscape Professionals, The University of Arizona, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
