The South Coast Botanic Garden is celebrating all things agave. The garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, debuted a new event last week dubbed “Spiked: A Celebration of ...

They came north out of Mexico into the Desert Southwest with the Spanish, though nobody knows their actual point of origin. It’s because so many pre-Columbian cultures, including the Aztecs, utilized ...

The South Coast Botanic Garden will host a two-weekend exploration of the importance of agave, its cultural roots and rich history beginning Saturday, March 22. “Spiked: A Celebration of Agave” will ...

Agave salmiana is the biggest, baddest species in the desert garden. Massive and dark green, their juvenile form offers no clue to the ultimate immensity of this big dude. He stands on the lower ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Agave Heritage Festival is back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Emily Rockey, garden supervisor at Mission Garden was able to lead her first demonstration of ...

It took 80 years for the American agave plant at the University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens to bloom, and now that it has, it will be cut down. Mike Palmer, Mike Palmer, horticulture ...

This agave variety makes a dramatic statement in a garden, reaching eight feet in height. It is a beautiful blue-green, with hooked spines along the edge of its leaves and a sharp spike at the tip of ...

David Price waited nearly three decades for an agave plant at Bok Tower Gardens to reach its climax of growth. A hailstorm prematurely felled the plant’s 35-foot bloom stalk, offering a reminder that ...

The 17th annual Agave Heritage Festival kicked off Thursday at Mission Garden, a site on Tucson’s west side believed to be one of the oldest places where agriculture took root in the Americas Week 16 ...

Springtime will be off to a sippable, snackable, and sunshiny start at South Coast Botanic Garden, the leafy home to a new celebration. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Make ...