Author: Garden Blog
Activity | Forest Bathing
Forest Bathing in the Desert | A Prescription to Wellness Treat yourself to a forest bathing experience in the desert. Forest bathing includes a range of techniques designed with the intention to be present in and connected to the natural world. Forest bathing also...
Ecoflora Challenge | Wild for Willow
Join the June EcoQuest— Wild for Willow—and help find and map desert willow (Chilopsis linearis). Have you seen trees with big, beautiful violet or light pink blooms ? It’s likely desert willow. This Arizona native plant thrives in the desert heat and continues to...
Cooking with Cactus
Recipes courtesy of Gertrude’s Restaurant Prickly Pear BBQ Sauce Ingredients: 1 cup Yellow Onion, diced 1 Tbsp. Garlic, chopped 1 ea. Habanero, deseeded and sliced 2 tsp. Cumin, ground 1 cup Sugar, granulated 3 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil 1 Tbsp. Oregano, dried 1 cup Apple...
Flowers for the Fourth
Celebrate nature’s Fourth of July with these bursts of blooms. The desert puts on a dazzling nighttime display of vibrant colors, much like fireworks. Back to...
Show Dad How Much You Care
Send a special dad in your life the beauty of the Garden with a free downloadable postcard for Father’s Day. How to DownloadSave the images to your cell phone’s photo library or to your desktop by holding and clicking, right clicking or clicking and dragging....
Activity | Flashlight Tour at Home
A summertime favorite activity, each year visitors can shine their flashlights through Desert Botanical Garden’s trails to discover how wildlife awakens in the desert at night. Your family is invited to bring Flashlight Tours home for Father’s Day. All you...
Activity | Ephemeral Nature Art
Ephemeral Nature Art: Explore Your Backyard and Create a Masterpiece Your ephemeral nature art creation will only occur once, similar to building a sand castle at the beach. This fun and relaxing activity only requires materials you find outside, such as flower,...
Flower Power
Many cactus species bloom at night in spectacular fashion. With fragrant flowers sometimes the size of saucers and varying colors, they attract hungry pollinators who feed on them in the dark. Dazzle at this gallery of nature’s masterpieces. Back to...
