Month: January 2024
Celebrating 85 Years of the Garden:GROWING UP IN THE GARDEN
In the late 1940s, brothers John and Arthur Earle would run around barefoot exploring their new home: Desert Botanical Garden. At the time, it was a sprawling 360-acre property (the Garden has 140 acres today) that consisted of Webster Auditorium, a small trail with a...
Celebrating 85 Years of the Garden: THE GARDEN ANNOUNCES PRIVATE LABEL GIN COLLECTION WITH SANTAN SPIRITS
What’s a celebration without a little drink? To commemorate Desert Botanical Garden’s 85th anniversary in February, we are thrilled to announce a private label gin collection in partnership with Chandler-based SanTan Spirits. “SanTan is honored to help celebrate...
Celebrating 85 Years of the Garden: 85 Years and Counting
Over the years, you’ve watched Desert Botanical Garden transform and grow. Now, as we celebrate our 85th anniversary, the Garden is excited for what the future holds and wants to recognize what we have accomplished. In 1939, a small group of passionate local citizens...
Celebrating 85 Years of the Garden: Wendy Hodgson, A Desert Botanical Garden Botanist Icon
Photo by Kate Watters How many people can say they have worked for the same institution for 50 years? Wendy Hodgson, Herbarium Curator Emerita and Senior Research Botanist, is that rare individual at Desert Botanical Garden who came to a place for a job and stayed...
Family Portraits Inspired by Fernando Botero
Portraits are works of art that can tell us how someone looks, what they like or special characteristics about their personalities. Portraits can also show an activity someone is doing. Take a look at the picture below. How many family members are in “La Familia” by...
Winter 2024 Photo Contest
As Desert Botanical Garden gets ready to celebrate its 85th anniversary in February, we invite you to enter our winter photo contest. We want to see all the epic moments you have captured on our trails from the last 85 years. Submit your photos using the embedded link...
