People have asked Rio Rico artist Nathalie Harmening if her ethereal sculptures are made from plastic. “No! It’s natural prickly pear!” she responds. With a half-laugh and a quick, knowing ...

When transplanting prickly pear cactus, handle the plant from the root ball, if possible, and wrap the main stem and paddles in paper. Use gloves that can be discarded.

The maroon structures are meant to mimic Prickly Pear cactus fruit. State of play: The structures have been visible on the side of Interstate 10 since last summer and a few have been installed on ...

Drivers entering downtown Napa from Highway 29 this week may have been greeted by an unexpected sight: a towering 24-foot, 6,000-pound aluminum sculpture, inspired by the prickly pear cactus, now ...

At the Fall Art Walk in Tubac in November, Harmening held her delicate, wing-like sculptures made from Sonoran prickly pear cactus fibers. Her work is available exclusively at the Turquoise ...