Desert Botanical Garden Fall 2021 Trail Guide

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Garden Go Like a Pro

Turn your admission into a membership today. A Senita membership pays for itself in only two visits for two adults and one child–and supports the Garden’s conservation efforts. Stop by Admissions to learn more. Offer is only valid the day of admission.

You are about to explore 50,000 desert plants from around the world.

Plan Your Next Experience

The Garden is here to help you enjoy the beauty of the desert and care about it. The Garden Blooms Year Round

Stay hydrated with touchless water refilling stations.

Please stay on the trails at all times.

Don’t be shy–anyone with a name badge is happy to help.

The Garden features five thematic trails, each color-coded on your trail map and on signs throughout the Garden.

Here are seasonal highlights you may encounter on today’s visit. For more bloom sightings, visit the “What’s in Bloom” display in Ottosen Entry Garden.

Stapelia sp. Carrion Flower

Asclepias subulata, A. angustifolia

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Russelia equisetiformis

Salvia leucantha

Mammillaria grahamii

Baileya multiradiata

Coral Fountain

Mexican Bush Sage

Patio Café | Ullman Terrace 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Garden Shop 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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Milkweeds

Gertrude’s Restaurant Mon. - Fri. | 10:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sat. - Sun. | 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

your GARDEN

TRAIL MAP & VISITORS GUIDE

Arizona Pincushion Cactus

Desert Marigold


Grassland

Parking

Mountain Vista Telescopes Pratt Ramada

Apache Household Akimel O’odham Household

Restrooms SONORAN DESERT NATURE LOOP TRAIL

Hydration Stations

1/4 mile = .40 km ATM

Spanish Gardens

Ullman Terrace

Food

Native Crop Garden Patio Café

Saguaro Harvesting Ramada

Office

Steele Herb Garden

Archer House

PLANTS & PEOPLE OF THE SONORAN DESERT LOOP TRAIL

Weisz

Family Plaza

Kitchell Family Heritage Garden

1/3 mile = .53 km Closes at Sunset Cactus Clubhouse

Edible Garden

Information

CENTER FOR DESERT LIVING TRAIL

First Aid

MAP LEGEND

1/3 mile = .53 km

Marley Horticulture Learning Lab

Jan and Tom Lewis Desert Portal

Stardust Foundation Plaza

Boppart

Courtyard

Hall

LOOP TRAIL (1/3 mile = .53 km) | Closes at sunset Wildflower’s color, scent and shape attract pollinators, including hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Stroll this trail to see what’s in bloom.

CENTER FOR DESERT LIVING TRAIL (1/10 mile = .16 km) Fragrant herbs, vegetable beds and shady spots to relax make this trail a desert gardener’s delight. Come see what’s growing and learn strategies for creating a vibrant, water-wise garden.

Sybil B. Harrington Cactus and Succulent Galleries

Nina Mason Pulliam Desert Research and Horticulture Center

Dorrance

Harriet K. Maxwell DESERT WILDFLOWER

1/10 mile = .16 km

DESERT DISCOVERY LOOP TRAIL

Berlin Agave Yucca Forest

School and Group Bus Zone

Retail

Office

Webster Center

Desert Oasis

ATM

DESERT DISCOVERY LOOP TRAIL (1/3 mile = .53 km) The Garden’s main trail features the evolution of aridadapted plants in the Sybil B. Harrington Cactus and Succulent Galleries; agave and yucca families in the Berlin Agave Yucca Forest; and the treasured, historic plant collections in the Kitchell Family Heritage Garden.

Ottosen Gallery

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Desert Terrace Garden

Marley

Education and Volunteer Building

Amphitheater

Harriet K. Maxwell

Butterfly Pavilion Sept. 25 – Nov. 14

DESERT WILDFLOWER LOOP TRAIL

Weisz

Learning Center

Donor Wall

1/3 mile = .53 km Closes at sunset Admissions

Ottosen Entry Garden

Butterfly Garden

Hummingbird Garden Shade Garden

Schilling ENTRY ARBOR

Gertrude’s Restaurant

Garden Shop

Ride Share Pick-Up/Drop-Off

Boulder Garden

SONORAN DESERT NATURE LOOP TRAIL (1/4 mile = .40 km) How do desert plants and animals survive with so little water? Take this trail to learn their secrets and experience the organ pipe cactus forest. Dramatic mountain views await at the top of the trail.

Bee Garden

PLANTS AND PEOPLE OF THE SONORAN DESERT LOOP TRAIL (1/3 mile = .53 km) Closes at sunset Walk through five different desert habitats to discover how Sonoran Desert people have used native plants for food, fiber, healing and housing.


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