Hand-picked creosote bundles dry in a basket at Sonoran Rosie’s workshop on Friday, July 1. Also known as chaparral, these bundles will release the smell of monsoon once activated by a shower’s steam.

A potted creosote plant she brought back from Arizona brings the smell of the desert into her New York apartment. My family moved to Tucson from Colorado when I was in high school, and it was the ...

Beatriz Bracamonte comes from a long line of healers, through plant medicines and helping people feel healthy again. Then COVID-19 struck. “When the pandemic hit, obviously I could not have people ...

There’s a lot more to it than just wet earth and creosote bush. At least 60 different aromatic plants may contribute to what people think of as “the smell of rain” in the Sonoran Desert, according to ...

If you're one of the many people who are into succulents, then you know that they are a great plant to have around. They're beautiful, they don't take up much space, and they're relatively easy to ...

The site of the former Holcomb Creosote plant off U.S. 601 has been placed on the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund list for long-term cleanup, the agency announced Friday. The business ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — For decades, industrial plants along the southern branch of the Elizabeth River produced creosote. The preservative was used for wooden poles that would support what was then, ...

ST. GEORGE — Thousands of years ago, a desert-hardy plant, now quintessentially southern Utahn, moved from what is now northern New Mexico across the Mojave Desert. And a native species of rodent ...