Celebrating National Cactus Day

May 4, 2021

This article ran in the Spring 2018 Sonoran Quarterly issue In the 1930s, a small group of passionate local citizens saw the need to conserve the plants in the Sonoran Desert, including the variety of cactus species that thrive in its extreme desert conditions. This...

35th Annual Dinner on the Desert

May 4, 2021

Desert Botanical Garden’s 35th Annual Dinner on the Desert Raises More Than $350,000 On Saturday, April 24 a group of philanthropists, community leaders and Garden friends gathered safely for the 35th Annual Dinner on the Desert–the Garden’s major annual...

How to Make Homemade Prickly Pear Jelly

May 4, 2021

Made With Love Show Mom how much you love her with a desert-inspired DIY gift. The Sonoran Desert is full of plants that can be used to make delicious edible concoctions. Follow the activity below to make homemade prickly pear jelly. Add it to sparkling water...

A Virtual Bouquet for Mother’s Day

May 3, 2021

With Mother’s Day coming up, bring the beauty of the Garden to a mom in your life with these free downloadable postcards. How to Download Save the images to your cell phone’s photo library or to your desktop by holding and clicking, right clicking or...

Repurposing Plastic Water Bottles & Jugs for Gardening Planters

April 27, 2021

Saving Landfills One Water Bottle at a Time Plastic bottles are everywhere. You may not realize how much they are used on a daily basis–here are a few surprising facts: On average one person uses 156 plastic bottles annually 60 million plastic water bottles are thrown...

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Celebrating National Cactus Day

35th Annual Dinner on the Desert

How to Make Homemade Prickly Pear Jelly

A Virtual Bouquet for Mother’s Day

Repurposing Plastic Water Bottles & Jugs for Gardening Planters