Garden Stories
Protecting Endangered Cactus in AZ with ADOT
Desert Botanical Garden staff recently completed a conservation project in partnership with the Arizona Department of Transportation that involved saving an endangered cactus. In 2018, ADOT enlisted the help of the Garden to safely remove and return the Arizona...
Women’s History Month
The Garden continues to celebrate Women’s History Month by highlighting leaders, both present and past, who have shaped the Garden through philanthropy, education, exhibition and horticulture. This week, learn more about the Garden’s Senior Director of Horticulture...
National Women’s History Month
All month long, the Garden is celebrating Women's History Month by spotlighting four iconic women, both past and present, that have shaped the Garden through philanthropy, exhibition, education and horticulture. This week, learn more about Leslie Chihuly, President...
The Need for Seed
In October 2021, Desert Botanical Garden’s Central Arizona Conservation Alliance (CAZCA) initiative started a restoration project at Piestewa Peak that involved dyeing invasive buffelgrass blue, unearthing them with pickaxes and cultivating their replacements at a...
“Antiques Roadshow” Spotlight Garden’s Natural Treasures
By: Lynn Trimble More than 3,000 people came to Desert Botanical Garden last April to experience "Antiques Roadshow," which rolled into Phoenix for the first stop on its 2019 tour. With up to 8 million people watching "Antiques Roadshow" on their local PBS stations,...
Desert Botanical Garden Anniversary
On Feb. 12, the Garden will celebrate its 83rd anniversary. Since 1939, a small group of local residents saw the need to conserve the desert environment. Botanist Gustaf Starck was one of them and found like-minded residents by posting a sign that read “Save the...
