July 2024 | Desert Botanical Garden

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

Month: July 2024

Meet The Leaf Connection Creator Mary Meyer

Meet The Leaf Connection Creator Mary Meyer

July 25, 2024

On Aug. 24, Desert Botanical Garden will debut its first art exhibition — The Leaf Connection —inside Webster Center. A mosaic of more than 1,000 ceramic leaves intricately pinned to a map of metro Phoenix, The Leaf Connection is an enticing exhibit created by local...
The Team Sniffing Out Endangered Plants

The Team Sniffing Out Endangered Plants

July 15, 2024

In 2022, Desert Botanical Garden introduced a pair of scientists with paws who are helping researchers with a major conservation project that involves endangered Southwestern plants. Circe and Muon are two specially-trained dogs from K9inscentive, a California-based...
Celebrating 85 Years of the Garden: GROWING THE GARDEN’S COLLECTION

Celebrating 85 Years of the Garden: GROWING THE GARDEN’S COLLECTION

July 12, 2024

Thanks to Bert and Betty Feingold, generous donors and Desert Botanical Garden members since 1983, the Garden’s research, conservation and collections staff were able to make three expeditions in 2023 to the Arizona Strip, San Luis Potosi, Mexico and Puerto Rico....
ADVANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR MEMBERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC
Feb. 21: The Garden, Gertrude’s and Garden Shop will close at 3 p.m. (last admission at 1:30 p.m.)  and be closed Feb. 22 & 23 except to Devour ticketholders. 
Toward 2050 exhibit is closed Feb. 19 - Feb. 25 due to Devour