Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

But one TikTok creator is showing that you can turn your yard into a garden oasis by working with nature ... The clip opens with a desert backyard empty of life. Sow Arizona shows the yard's ...

Here, visitors find Boyce Thompson Arboretum, a sprawling collection of gardens and historic sites surrounding a desert oasis ...