Desert Primrose Gardens
Garden Consultation & Design Services
Edible Beauty, Wildlife Harmony, and Water-Wise Solutions
We design and install ecological landscapes that nurture both people and nature.
Providing Residential services in Tucson, Arizona
What WE Offer
At Desert Primrose Gardens, we combine custom garden design with hands-on education, coaching and maintenance support, empowering you to grow food, support pollinators, and build a sustainable connection to your environment.
We use water-wise practices, such as native and drought-tolerant plants, efficient irrigation systems, and soil regeneration techniques to help you grow a garden that turns your outdoor space into a thriving oasis.
If you want to…
Grow food at your home in Tucson.
Have a stunning, water-wise landscape.
Take your garden from surviving to thriving.
Build a pollinator garden.
Design a tortoise enclosure.
Then we can help with that! And a lot more. Click the button below to view our full list of services.
Popular Services Provided
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Edible Landscape Design/Build
Start with an at-home consultation to discuss goals, vision, and tour your outdoor space. Our designs incorporate permaculture principles at any scale that supports growing food whether it is one fruit tree or multiple raised beds inside a food forest.
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Garden Coaching
Let Desert Primrose Gardens be your gardening coach - From pollinator gardens to vegetable gardens to potted herbs - we will coach and consult on existing garden areas to help get the most of your desert scape. Ideal for residential spaces.
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Maintenance Services
Maintenance is crucial to a healthy, thriving garden. Desert Primrose Gardens specializes in drip irrigation systems, edible landscape maintenance, and support services while you are out of town. If you have a need, get in touch to see how we can support you!
Meet The Owner
Kathleen Opeka
Ten years ago Kathleen relocated to Tucson to further her career in wilderness education. Since then she has traveled through many areas of the Sonoran Desert, mostly backpacking but even by kayak in the Sea of Cortez. Through these travels she developed a deep love for this region and its biodiversity. Tucson is home.
While raising her family in Tucson, along with her husband, they began to spend their free time installing and tending to gardens on their own property. They found through this process they found joy, nostalgia, mental health, food, conservation, and more.
Click the button below to learn more about Kathleen’s roots in desert gardening and how she has blossomed to create Desert Primrose Gardens.
See What We’re Growing on Instagram • @desertprimrosegardens
