Great Milkweed Grow Out Tour | Desert Botanical Garden

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Great Milkweed Grow Out Tour

DATES: Aug 14, 16
TIMES: 9 a.m.
PRICE: Free with general admission.


Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of our plant and insect ecology program! Learn about and experience firsthand our research with butterflies and their hostplants, and visit our onsite propagation area to see how we grow plants for pollinator conservation around the state.

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