What is Guelaguetza?
Guelaguetza is the stunning festival celebrated each year in Oaxaca, Mexico, with music, dance, food and drink from this region.
The event returns to the Garden Oct. 7-8. Discover some of the sights, sounds and tastes of Guelaguetza if you are a first-time visitor or a forever fan.
Latin American Desert Plants at the Garden
Desert Botanical Garden is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting a few desert plants in its collection. Apart from agaves and cactus,...
Meet the Butterflies Arriving to Garden This Fall
The fall butterfly exhibit, Majestic Mariposas, opens Sept. 23 and is on display through Nov. 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Learn about some...
Garden Cactus Native to Colombia
Did you know out of the 4,400-plant species in the Garden collection 16 hail from Colombia and one is actually from Gertrude Webster’s personal...
Traditional Colombian Breakfast Recipe
In 2020, Arepa Babe, a food concept focused on the traditional street foods of Colombia was born. After two successful years of managing her food stall at different local farmers markets, Ange has recently transitioned her passion for sharing her food to more private settings, offering unique personalized experiences and teaching cooking classes.
An Interview with Fernando Botero
Born in Medellin, Colombia, in 1932, Fernando Botero is one of the world’s most recognized living artists of our time. With his first paintings and...
Cactus-Themed Summer Cocktail Recipes
With prickly pear fruit coming into season, Gertrude’s Restaurant has a couple of fun summer drinks that will pare well for almost any summer gathering.
Saguaro Census Result 2023
Desert Botanical Garden’s Saguaro Census in May 2023 recorded 3,670 saguaro observations across metro Phoenix in May with the support of Valley residents and volunteers, expanding its total number of observations to more than 19,000 since the project’s launch in 2022.
How Desert Botanical Garden is Helping Saguaros Under a Hotter Climate
In 2020, researchers and horticulture staff began collecting seeds from wild saguaro populations. The seeds are collected from saguaro fruits and are stored in large stainless-steel freezers in the Garden’s Ahearn Desert Conservation Laboratory.
