Tag: saguaro
South Mountain’s Saguaros Still Soak Up the Rain
Over the last five years, a simple observation from a Desert Botanical Garden researcher sparked a fascinating project. Wendy Hodgson, Herbarium Curator Emerita and Senior Research Botanist, noticed that after rainstorms, a group of smaller saguaros on South Mountain...
Saguaro Nursery Trays Out in the World
Greetings from the Saguaro Nursery Team! It’s been a season of growth both for baby nursery saguaros and for the incredible community helping to care for them. In just the past month, the Garden launched seedlings into the world, hosted our first seed-starting...
Growing the Future: How the Garden Is Cultivating the Next Generation of Saguaros
In parallel with our ongoing Saguaro Census, Desert Botanical Garden researchers and volunteers have launched a bold new effort: creating a collective nursery to grow saguaro seedlings that might better survive Phoenix’s extreme desert conditions: the Saguaro Nursery....
