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Girl Scout’s Sonoran Search

Girl Scout’s Sonoran Search

Play, learn and discover the Sonoran Desert this summer at Flashlight Nights. Girl Scouts will receive a “passport” to explore the different Flashlight Night experiences. Complete three of five possible nighttime desert activities and receive a Sonoran Search patch....
Chilled Out Butterflies

Chilled Out Butterflies

Each week while the Butterfly Pavilion is open, Desert Botanical Garden receives more than 1,000 fluttery critters from butterfly farms in California, Oklahoma, Texas and Florida. Rachel Nelsen, the Garden’s exhibit coordinator, manages the butterfly pavilion...
“Antiques Roadshow” Spotlight Garden’s Natural Treasures

“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...
July EcoQuest | Oleander Occurrence

July EcoQuest | Oleander Occurrence

Join the July EcoQuest: Oleander Occurance This month’s EcoQuest is in collaboration with Strategic Habitat Enhancements (SHE). Strategic Habitat Enhancements empowers the community to reconnect with nature through resilient desert gardening, creating an urban network...
Is the Current Drought Our Only Water Supply Problem?

Is the Current Drought Our Only Water Supply Problem?

This article ran in the Winter 2019 Sonoran Quarterly issue   Paul HirtSenior Sustainability Scholer, Arizona State University   If you were in Arizona this past summer, you may have experienced what some now call our “nonsoon” season—no monsoon....
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