Desert Botanical Garden rescues rare cacti confiscated at border
Steve Blackwell, the Conservation Collections Manager, oversees the collection of rare and endangered plants, seed bank, and tissue culture lab.
HGTV has named the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix the most beautiful garden in Arizona.Other notable gardens in Arizona include the Japanese Friendship Garden and Boyce Thompson Arboretum.
HGTV has named Arizona’s Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix the most beautiful garden in the state.
Arizona is known for its beautiful desert landscape and the Desert Botanical Garden showcases Arizona’s vegetation best.
Since 1939, Arizona’s Desert Botanical Garden has worked to preserve and conserve Arizona’s desert plants. The garden spans 140 acres with five different trails, as well as a 3,200 square foot butterfly pavilion. The Desert Botanical Garden offers a unique chance to explore native plants and habitats, as well as the rich indigenous history of Arizona.
Read more to find out what makes this scenic desert landscape the best in the state.
What to expect at the Desert Botanical Garden
The botanical garden explores different aspects that make Arizona unique, including its rich history and culture. The Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert Trail showcases creative ways indigenous people used this desert landscape to their advantage. The trail exhibits traditional shelter structures and crops used by indigenous people.
The Sonoran Desert Nature Trail explores how plants and animals survive in a desert with minimal water. Wildlife can often be found around the trail so keep your eyes peeled.
The Desert Discovery Trail is the garden’s main trail, showcasing a variety of desert cactus and succulents. However, cactus is not all this garden has to offer.
The Desert Wildflower Trail holds Arizona’s vibrant flowers along with the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds that allow these flowers to thrive. The Center for Desert Living Trail also has different vegetables and herbs that grow in Arizona based on the season.
The garden also has a butterfly pavilion that allows guests to walk through the exhibit and interact with butterflies. The structure features a 3,200-square-foot open air enclosure for the butterflies to roam. The enclosure hosts a variety of beautiful butterflies including Monarchs, Giant Swallowtails and Painted Ladies.
Other beautiful gardens in Arizona:
Arizona is home to many other gardens exhibiting rich culture and diverse greenery.
Japanese Friendship Garden allows you to walk through a 3.5-acre garden of serenity and peace. The garden has beautiful Bonzi trees and a giant pond filled with friendly koi fish to feed.Boyce Thompson Arboretum holds similar desert plants to The Desert Botanical Garden. The grounds have 12 different gardens, displaying rose gardens and desert plants.The Rose Garden at MCC offers a beautiful display of around 9,000 rose bushes right outside the Mesa Community College building.Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale is the largest butterfly conservatory in the country. The building has been transformed into an indoor rainforest inhabited by thousands of butterflies for guests to walk through.
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