SONORAN DESERT NATIVE PLANTS

Desert Survivors Native Plant Nursery

Spadefoot Native Plant Nursery

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Tohono Chul Park

Pima County Native Plants Nursery

Trees for Tucson

Nighthawk Natives

Plants for the Southwest

Arizona Native Plant Society- Native Trees; Sonoran Desert Series

Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society

Native Seeds/SEARCH

 Civano Nursery

AZ Department of Forestry and Fire Management

Tucson Audubon

AZ State Parks and Trails

Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas

WATER HARVESTING

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond

City of Tucson Water Harvesting

City of Tucson Residential Rebates Program

Pima County Water and Riparian Resources

Pima County Water Harvesting Resources

Greywater Action

Greywater Oasis

ARCSA-American Rainwater Catchment System Association

READING RESOURCES 

Reading the Desert: Literature and Drylands

Climate Change in the Sonoran Desert

A Traditional Saguaro Harvest at Saguaro National Park

Agave Power: Revolutionizing Agroforestry

When the Rains Come (Alcock)

Sonoran Desert Summer  (Alcock)

Sonoran Desert Spring (Alcock)

Gathering the Desert (Nabhan)

Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert (Hodgson)

The Desert Smells Like Rain (Nabhan)

Mesquite: An Arboreal Love Affair (Nabhan)

From I'Itoi's Garden (TOCA)

At the Desert's Green Edge (Rea)

A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert (ASDM)

Southwest Foraging (Slattery)

Southwest Medicinal Plants (Slattery)

Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest (Kane)

The Alchemy of the Desert (Scherer)

The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide

Southern Arizona Nature Almanac

SEASONAL MESQUITE HARVESTING and PROCESSING

Best Harvest Practices: (pdf)

Low Risk Harvest Conditions (pdf)

Frequently Asked MesQuestions (pdf)

Avoiding Aflatoxins (pdf)

More on Aflatoxins (pdf)

Aflatoxin Test Kits (1) (pdf)

Aflatoxin Test Kits (2) (pdf)

Simmering Pods into Broth (pdf)

Grinding Pods into Flour

DESERT FOODS CAN FEED YOU-

Native Food Guides in English and Spanish

Pruning-Guide.pdf

Podar-Árboles-Nativos-del-Desierto-Sonorense2.pdf

Prickly-Pear-Fruit-and-Pads.pdf

Tunas y Nopal.pdf

Palo-Verde.pdf

Palo-Verde-Español2 Trifold.pdf

Desert-Ironwood.pdf

Palo-de-Fierro-del-Desierto-Trifold.pdf

HONORING PAST and PRESENT 

The Hohokam Millenium (Fish)

The Hohokam: Ancient People of the Desert (Noble)

Papago Woman (Underhill)

Tohono O'odham Nation- History & Culture

Tohono O'Odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum

How to Be an Ally to Indigenous People

Arizona State Museum

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center

Desert Archaeology

Archaeology Southwest

Friends of Saguaro National Park

PERMACULTURE

Sonoran Permaculture Guild

Permaculture Designers Manual

Intro to Permaculture (Mollison)

Gaia's Garden (Hemenway)

The Resilient Farm and Homestead (Falk)

Permaculture (Holmgren)

RELATED WEBSITES

LEAF: Linking Edible Arizona Forests LEAF Network is a community-based organization with the mission to link people with the benefits of edible trees and support edible trees with people’s stewardship.

Bean Tree Farm

Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters

DESERT HARVESTERS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

Community Food Bank of Southern AZ

Santa Cruz River Farmers Market

Las Milpitas de Cottonwood Farm

Pima County Public Library

BASA (Baja Arizona Sustainable Agriculture)

La Cocina Cafe and Cantina

Beacon Group

Bean Tree Farm