Stories, insights, and updates from the voices of Southwest Utah.

As you approach Marilyn’s home, the garden gently welcomes you in — fragrant herbs, soft pathways, and mature trees creating a landscape that feels both peaceful and thoughtfully designed.

We can’t believe how lucky we are to have found Trase! The layers of his story reveal unmatched dedication to home and community service, continually raising the bar at every turn. Visitors to his garden will be educated, filled with inspiration, and encouraged to do good things.

We are delighted to welcome back a gardener from our Fall 2024 tour. We first visited Louise’s garden in the Spring that year, when it was absolutely exploding with color!

Chris transformed his yard into a living desert ecosystem, layering fruit trees, vines, berries, and soil-building plants into a thriving food forest.

Cril & Mark replaced lawn and roses with stone paths, mosaics, desert plantings, and a greenhouse built from reclaimed pallets.

Edna built a parterre-style dream garden of home-built beds, propagated plants, and a joyful blend of order and color.

Joey and Zach tend a lush desert oasis anchored by a self-cleaning pond, where sustainable practices, edible gardens, and creative reuse shape a thriving ecosystem.

Jerald grew over 50 fruit trees, and sowed veg and flower seeds, turning his yard into a thriving food garden nearly year-round.

Kerry brought her Stone Cliffs oasis to life with bold cacti, colorful blooms, sculptures, and a serene, water-wise waterfall.

Sumner & Carol shaped a Kayenta retreat where desert plantings blend with red rock views and heirloom sculptures.

When we walk together we connect with other members of our community and our environment at a human pace. We experience what it is like to navigate our neighborhoods as pedestrians. And perhaps, we begin envisioning how the city can grow sustainably, in small ways, one neighborhood at a time.