Arizona Daily Star reporter Dominika Heusinkveld's top gardening stories of 2022
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We are sharing Arizona Daily Star reporters' and photographers' favorite work from 2022.
Dominika Heusinkveld has written Arizona Daily Star's bi-weekly Tucson Garden Guide newsletter since September 2020. The newsletter features two articles per issue and discusses locally-specific gardening tips, information, and favorite plants for gardeners in the Sonoran desert. To get these free stories and more in your email inbox, go to tucson.com/newsletters and subscribe to the Tucson Garden Guide.
Here are some of her favorite articles from this year:
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