Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona | DBG

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Desert Botanical Garden

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Open Nightly Until 9 p.m. Starting Feb. 13

Experience Garden: After Dark, where the desert shines brighter, the trails glow with color and FRAMERATE: Desert Pulse creates a perfect nighttime escape.

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Open Nightly Until 9 p.m. Starting Feb. 13

Experience Garden: After Dark, where the desert shines brighter, the trails glow with color and FRAMERATE: Desert Pulse creates a perfect nighttime escape.

Find Your Experience

In search of a stroller friendly day with the family, the perfect date-night spot or a place to enjoy the local music scene? Look no further than Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.

Framerate: Desert Pulse

Now - May 10, 2026

Desert Pulse, a multi-sensory art exhibit, by ScanLAB Projects, immerses visitors in the visual and emotional energy of the Sonoran Desert.

Garden: After Dark

Feb. 13- May 10

Experience Garden: After Dark, where the desert shines brighter, the trails glow with color and Desert Pulse creates a perfect nighttime escape.

Pulse Parties

Feb. 13, March 13, April 10, May 1

Inspired by Desert Pulse, a dynamic multi-sensory art exhibit that captures the visual and emotional energy of the Sonoran Desert, these themed Garden parties are designed to ignite your senses and elevate your spirit.

Dog Days at the Garden

Feb. 14, 28 | March 7, 14, 21, 28 | April 4, 11, 18 | May 2, 9

Enjoy a weekend excursion with your four-legged friend through the Garden’s trails. A paw-fect place to enjoy the outdoors together with some great photo opps.

Mark Klett: Desert Citizens

Now - Sept. 7

Experience the Sonoran Desert through the lens of award-winning Arizona landscape photographer Mark Klett. With a career spanning more than four decades, Klett reframes our notions of time, cultural memory and the land around us.

Value day pricing is back!

Plan Ahead and Save! Ticket prices vary based on date. Choose the day that works best for your budget or schedule.

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Your Garden at Home

Explore Your Garden at Home for activities, stories of conservation, plants in bloom and more.

Five Date Ideas at Desert Botanical Garden

Desert Botanical Garden offers a variety of romantic ways to celebrate...

Heart-shaped Cactus at Desert Botanical Garden

Love is in the air, and perfectly shaped on the cactus at Desert Botanical Garden. Along the trails, you will find several pads of prickly pear cactus species in the shape of hearts.

Queen of the Night Cocktail

This cocktail is inspired by night-blooming cactus. Served with glowing ice cubes emulate the moonlight filtering through the Garden.

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Explore The Beauty

Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona.

SUPPORT THE GARDEN YOU TREASURE

Your partnership fuels the Garden’s most important work: pioneering desert‑resilient research, restoring Monarch habitats and protecting cactus and desert plants.
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