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Dinner on the Desert 2023 Recap

Dinner on the Desert 2023 Recap

May 16, 2023

Desert Botanical Garden’s 2023 Dinner on the Desert held at the Garden on April 22 brought more than 630 Garden enthusiasts together to raise more than $500,000 for the Garden’s critical work for desert plant conservation.    The event was co-chaired by Shoshana...
Endangered Arizona Hedgehog Cactus Gets Boost from Researchers

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...
Dinner on the Desert Helps Raise More than $450,000

Dinner on the Desert Helps Raise More than $450,000

May 13, 2022

Desert Botanical Garden hosted its 36th annual Dinner on the Desert on April 23. The event raised more than $450,000. The proceeds from the event will help support the Garden as a premier destination in desert plant conservation and its mission to advance excellence...
Protecting Endangered Cactus in AZ with ADOT

Protecting Endangered Cactus in AZ with ADOT

March 22, 2022

Desert Botanical Garden staff recently completed a conservation project in partnership with the Arizona Department of Transportation that involved saving an endangered cactus. In 2018, ADOT enlisted the help of the Garden to safely remove and return the Arizona...
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