Month: September 2022
Five Interesting Facts About The Saguaro Cactus
Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is one of the most important celebrations in Mexico. The tradition traces back to more than thousands of years before Spanish settlers arrived. The holiday commemorates deceased loved ones by honoring and remembering them through...
Methuselah A Digital Exhibit
Methuselah refers to the fourth generation of monarch butterflies that complete a transcontinental journey in an annual migratory cycle. This generation has an extended lifespan that allows the species to survive long enough to complete the migration. As part of an...
Desert Refuge: A New Way To Help Monarch Butterflies
In July, the decline of the migratory monarch butterfly was once again in the spotlight. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classified migratory monarchs as endangered, naming habitat loss and climate change as major factors for their decline. In the...
Arizona-based Rotraut brings her large-scale and colorful sculptures to the Garden this fall
The Garden’s latest art exhibit Playing with Stars: Rotraut at Desert Botanical Garden opens Oct. 7 and is on display through May 14. Arizona-based and global visual artist Rotraut is bringing her lyrical and large-scale sculptures to the Garden. Rotraut Klein-Moquay...
Research Canines are Helping the Garden Find These Rare and Endangered Arizona Orchids
Meet Circe and Muon! They are two specially-trained dogs used in ecological research who are helping Desert Botanical Garden, U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the Smithsonian find rare and endangered orchids growing in southern Arizona. The research canines are on the hunt...
September EcoQuest: Tracking Tamarisk Beetles
Join the September EcoQuest: Tracking Tamarisk Beetles. Join the EcoQuest WHAT TO OBSERVE:Find and map as many tamarisk beetles (larvae too!) (Diorhabda spp.) and tamarisk trees (Tamarix spp.) as possible. Tamarisk beetles, or salt cedar beetles, are small leaf...
Top 10 Desert Plants for Your Home Garden or Landscaping Project
Ask any of the Garden’s horticultural staff what their favorite plant is, and you will not only get a variety of answers, but you’ll come to find out how difficult it is for them to select just one. Luckily, with diverse staff picks you’ll get plenty of options for...
Meet Rufina Ruiz Lopez the creator behind the Garden’s Día de Muertos Mega Altar
Garden visitors will experience a reimagined Día de Muertos on Oct. 29-30,, returning from its two-year hiatus. The Mexican holiday reunites the living with the dead through family-built altars called ofrendas, colorfully painted skulls, marigolds and traditional...
