DATE: Dec. 8-9, 15-16, 19-23, 26-30
TIME: 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.
PRICE: Members: Adult $34.95, Youth $14.95 | General Admission: $39.95, Youth: $16.95
Garden lights on winter nights is a must this holiday season at Desert Botanical Garden’s Las Noches de las Luminarias. Enjoy an evening filled with sparkling luminaria-lit trails and twinkling holiday lights. Musical performances, entertainment and festive food and drinks available for a picture-perfect night. For entertainment schedule, click here.
Plus, experience Fernando Botero: El Maestro in the Garden and in Dorrance Hall, where a harmony of color and beauty come together in paintings, drawings and monumental sculpture.
PURCHASE A LUMINARIA TRIBUTE BAG
Honor a loved one or celebrate a special occasion with a personalized message on a special luminaria bag that will be placed at the Jan and Tom Lewis Desert Portal during Las Noches de las Luminarias. Luminaria tribute bags begin at $125. Click here to purchase.
The last day to purchase a tribute bag is Wednesday, Dec. 13.
The Garden in partnership with Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) will acknowledge National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day on Dec. 21 – which is also the Winter Solstice –Arizona lost more than 1500 people in 2023. Please come light a candle in their honor and remember every life lost on the streets of Arizona. To learn more about CASS, visit cassaz.org
Know Before You Go
Oct. 7 - March 31
Harmony of color and beauty of form come together in this exhibition of paintings, drawings and monumental sculpture celebrating the visionary Colombian artist, Fernando Botero.
Oct. 1 - May 11 | Thursday - Sunday | 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cactus Clubhouse has relocated as the Garden is growing and under construction. Please visit us in our new location in the Weisz Academic Bulding. In this temporary space, kids encounter several activity areas designed to spark independent play, while encouraging physical, cognitive and behavioral growth.
Dec. 17
The Mexican holiday tradition of La Posada returns to add an extra layer of magic to your holidays.