January 2022 | Desert Botanical Garden

OPEN DAILY 8 A.M.|7 A.M. FOR MEMBERS WED. & SUN.

Month: January 2022

Recipe | Carrot Hummus

Recipe | Carrot Hummus

Ingredients 1 Pound of carrots, peeled, tops removed, cut in 2-inch chunks ½ Cup garlic cloves, peeled 1 Each, 15.5 ounce cup of garbanzo beans, drained (reserve the liquid) 2 Tablespoon Tahini 1/2 Tablespoon Turmeric, powdered Pinch Ginger, powdered 1 Lemon, juiced 2...
A New Strategy to Tackle Growing Wildfire Threat

A New Strategy to Tackle Growing Wildfire Threat

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona and Forest Chief Randy Moore visited Desert Botanical Garden on Tuesday to announce a 10-year multibillion-dollar plan to reduce the nation’s growing wildfire crisis. In Arizona, the 10-year...
The Genes Gambit

The Genes Gambit

The plants at Desert Botanical Garden typically bask in balmy weather, but parts of them are endlessly chilling out in Antarctic temperatures. That’s because Garden researchers are collecting genomic samples of plants for preservation efforts as part of a global...
Nature-Minded New Year’s Resolution

Nature-Minded New Year’s Resolution

Happy 2022! A new year means a fresh slate to revisit the things you hoped but never got around to do last year. For many people that includes spending more time in nature. There are plenty of benefits to your physical and mental health to getting out in nature....
Get Inspired by Nature & Art

Get Inspired by Nature & Art

This season is a special opportunity to visit and immerse yourself in nature and with Chihuly in the Desert. Take time to look closely at the spine patterns of a cactus, leaf imprints on an agave, colorful and unique shaped flowers and iridescent colors on roadrunners...
Honoring the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On Monday, Jan. 17, Desert Botanical Garden and the nation will honor and celebrate the legacy and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a graduate of Morehouse College, a distinguished historically Black university in Atlanta. Dr. King was one of the prominent...
Chihuly Webshort

Chihuly Webshort

Have you checked out Chihuly in the Desert at the Garden yet? Want to get a little taste of what the experience is like? Check out these Chihuly Web Shortsfrom Chihuly Studio and get your tickets to the exhibition here. Video and Artwork © 2022 Chihuly Studio. All...
Dust Busters

Dust Busters

For more than a decade now, volunteers Ed and Shellee Lowry have had a unique experience to be up close and personal with several artists’ work during blockbuster exhibitions at Desert Botanical Garden. The Lowrys are dust buster volunteers who help clean and maintain...
Activity | Weaving with Nature

Activity | Weaving with Nature

  How many things are you wearing that are handmade? Do you know how people got their clothes before we had stores? Long ago, people discovered how to make clothes, blankets and even shoes by weaving strands of natural materials together. In fact, weaving has a...
Jojoba Plants in Arizona

Jojoba Plants in Arizona

Candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) Join the january EcoQuest: hello jojoba   For this EcoQuest, find and map as many jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) plants as possible. Join the EcoQuest Native to the Sonoran Desert,  jojoba (pronounced ho-HO-buh) plants are a...
 
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