Garden Researchers Describe 6 Agaves Domesticated by Southwestern Indigenous People

October 19, 2023

In the paper, “Pre-contact Agave Domesticates—Living Legacy Plants in Arizona’s Landscape” published in the Annals of Botany, Garden researchers Wendy Hodgson, Andrew Salywon and volunteer Jane Rosenthal describe six rare domesticated agave species whose clones...

Endangered Arizona Hedgehog Cactus Gets Boost from Researchers

April 28, 2023

Trekking along the rocky slopes of Tonto National Forest in March, a group of Desert Botanical Garden researchers and biologists from two federal agencies carried heavy-duty spelunking duffel bags filled with precious and spiky cargo. Inside them were 60 federally...

Activity | Endangered Plants Coloring Sheets

May 20, 2021

Share these fun and simple coloring sheets of endangered Garden plants with the kids (and grown-up kids) in your life. Explore the things we can do to ensure these iconic plants remain for generations to come. Simply drag the images below to your desktop, and print!...

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Garden Researchers Describe 6 Agaves Domesticated by Southwestern Indigenous People

Endangered Arizona Hedgehog Cactus Gets Boost from Researchers

Activity | Endangered Plants Coloring Sheets