Garden Stories
Celebrating Volunteer Appreciation Month: Honoring the Heart of Our Garden
During April, Volunteer Appreciation Month gives us a chance to pause, reflect and celebrate the people who quietly power so many of the places we love.
Extended Hours, Lower Evening Prices During Heat Wave
To help keep the outdoors accessible during the heat wave, the Garden will also reduce the cost of admission after 8 p.m. each night.
Heart-shaped Cactus at Desert Botanical Garden
Love is in the air, and perfectly shaped on the cactus at Desert Botanical Garden. Along the trails, you will find several pads of prickly pear cactus species in the shape of hearts.
Bottles & Bites: A Bourbon Experience Rooted in the Desert
Set against the stunning backdrop of Desert Botanical Garden, Bottles & Bites is a bourbon experience rooted in place, flavor and connection.
Grow Your 2025 Year-End Impact
Every donation to the Garden helps something extraordinary take root. With new tax laws going into effect in 2026, now is the perfect time to enact a savvy giving strategy that maximizes your impact on conserving desert plants and your tax benefits.
Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society Donates More Than 300 Native Desert Plantings, on Display at Sonoran Desert Nature Trail
If you’re strolling the Sonoran Desert Nature Trail, you might notice new plantings at the top of the trail.





