Parking is limited and fills quickly. Consider the following alternative modes of transportation:
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Lyft: Save 10% with code: DBG
Carpool: Bring a friend and celebrate your green thumb in more ways than one (please note, visitors must be a Member to attend Member-Only Day).
Valley Metro: Route 56 drops off and picks up Metro riders steps away.
All major credit cards are accepted.
No cash transactions
There is one restroom located in the Plant Sale. Map on Pg. 3.
Plant Holding Area: For large orders that will be picked-up same day. Look for this icon on the map.
Questions? Look for anyone with a Garden nametag.
Plant Loading Area: Staff help load large purchases in row 7 of the parking lot. Plant Delivery is available. See page 4 for details.
No pets allowed. Only service dogs or miniature horses.
With the Garden Signature plant line, you have one-of-a-kind access to the Garden’s plant collections for your yard. Choose from a curated selection of succulents grown by Plant Sale Director Kenny Zelov. All Garden Signature plants are grown from Garden seeds and cuttings so you can bring a piece of the Garden to your home landscape.
Select from an expanded variety of aloes that will make you smile with delight. Aloe Specialist, Starr Urbatsch will answer questions and assist with your selections.
Stop by the soil bar to get the low-down on potting media from Desert Landscape School students.
Selected by staff to enhance your indoor garden.
Talk
Public Horticulturist, Angelica Elliott, has selected a set of unique, specialized tools and fun items for successful desert gardening. Stop by with your questions or ask for tool recommendations.
Cactus & Bareroot
Tool Shed/Soil Bar
Pottery Tent
Agaves & More
Fruit Trees
Houseplants
Herbs and Veggies
Aloe World
Specialty Succulents
Shrub & Perennials
Trees
Butterfly Plants
Great Milkweed
Grow Out
Plant Loading Area
Restrooms
Plant Holding Area
Check Out
Top three ways to make sure your plants make it from their pots to your landscape.
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Match the correct plant to your site requirements. Not all desert plants require the same growing conditions. What are the environmental conditions of your yard? Check out this Clever Garden video for help.
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Know the correct planting techniques for transferring your plants from pots to the ground. The How To Plant video will get you started.
Aftercare is key once your plants are in the ground. Use the How To Water video to set your plants up for success. 3
Potter extraordinaire, artist Mark Muradian, will be selling his handmade pottery. Match your new plants with a distinct pot, for a one-of-a kind arrangement.
Desert Landscape School (DLS) and Plant Sale Director, Kenny Zelov, have teamed-up to create inspirational designs for your home garden. Use the buttons to learn more and see plant lists and layouts.
Hummingbird Garden
Landscape Guide
Be inspired to create a Hummingbird Garden of your Dreams
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Heat-Tolerant
Landscape Guide
Explore the best plants for a Heat-Tolerant Garden
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Heat-tolerant and low-water use plants, especially for the desert.
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Small space, hanging and container gardening. Hanging gardens specifically are growing in popularity. They maximize vertical space, add beauty, grow food and create privacy.
Chaos gardens, which rebel against tidy, non-native gardens of the past. Passion for the health and prosperity of the community, including sustainability and concern for the environment, is driving change.
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Use of insects in design along with native plant gardening. The National Gardening Survey saw a 10% increase in people planting for bees, butterflies and birds and purchasing native plants has doubled since 2019.
Color of the Year?
Cyber Lime- Designers will continue to use shades of green in 2024, inspired by the environment and using colors that echo nature, and “greenterior” mixes sustainability and environmental awareness with harmony in nature.
Due to construction in the propagation area, Rosa’s Botanicals is on pause and will not be offered this season. You can still find hand- curated plants with the Garden Signature plant line.
Garden membership not only grants exclusive access to Members’ Preview at the Plant Sales and 10% off purchases–also receive unlimited admission all year, Garden Shop and ticket discounts, reciprocal admissions to other gardens and much more. Details at dbg.org.
All products purchased at the Fall Plant Sale leave with a Garden stamp of approval and are nonrefundable.