Dominika Heusinkveld is a Digital Producer for the Arizona Daily Star, focusing on local news and events in Tucson, Arizona. With a passion for gardening and environmental conservation, Dominika's articles provide readers with practical tips and resources for creating sustainable and beautiful gardens in the Tucson area.
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Dominika Heusinkveld focuses on local gardening and landscaping topics, particularly related to the Tucson area in Arizona. Her articles center around providing guides, reviews, and seasonal advice for gardening enthusiasts.
Given her focus on local content, Dominika would likely be most responsive to pitches from experts or sources with firsthand knowledge of desert climate gardening techniques and plants suitable for the region. If you have experience in horticulture specific to arid climates or can provide insights into sustainable landscaping practices tailored to the Tucson area, your pitch may resonate well with her coverage.
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In your garden If you need to prune native trees, this is a good time. They will recover quickly in our warm summer weather, particularly with the rains.
By: Dominika Heusinkveld
Do you want to attract desert tortoises to your Tucson yard? Or perhaps you're thinking about adopting one? Here are the plants that will help them out.
Mesquite trees are an iconic Sonoran Desert plant. Read about the three native species here.
Learn about the 4,000-year-old tech that can keep your plants from dying in Tucson's desert heat.
Pincushion cactus Mammillaria grahamii ) goes by many names, and is likely to be blooming during the spring, and also the late monsoon, with a flowering season spread out from April to September.
This closeup shows how the roots of the catclaw vine penetrate stucco masonry. This causes permanent damage to walls.
Catclaw vine Dolichandra unguis-cati ) draws you in with its gorgeous lemon-yellow trumpet flowers and its deep green leaves.
Here's how to choose tough outdoor furniture for your desert garden.
The Arizona cypress is a lovely tall native evergreen tree.
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