The Desert Botanical Garden is a non-profit organization supported by admission fees, donations, purchases and memberships and does not receive any public funding.
1201 N. Galvin Parkway Phoenix, Arizona 85008 dbg.org | 480-941-1225
The Desert Botanical Garden sits on 145 acres and has more than 50,000 plants on display. The Garden has five thematic trails that exhibit cactus and succulent species from around the world. Interpretive exhibits along the trails highlight desert wildflowers, conservation, desert plant adaptation and ethnobotany.
For your safety, the Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert Trail, the Sonoran Desert Nature Trail, the Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Trail and the Steele Herb Garden close at sunset.
A b o u t D e s e r t B o ta n i c a l G a r d e n
T H IN G S TO K NO W
The Garden’s commitment to the community is to advance excellence in education, research, exhibition, and conservation of desert plants of the world with emphasis on the Southwestern United States. We will ensure that the Garden is always a compelling attraction that brings to life the many wonders of the desert.
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The Garden is a museum of living plants and we ask that you refrain from picking or removing plants, pods or seeds, or disturbing the wildlife. Picnicking is not allowed, however we do have a café where you can purchase food and drinks.
Please visit dbg.org for the most current news about the Garden including events, exhibits, classes, hikes, membership, volunteer opportunities, group tours and facility rental.
A small group of Valley citizens created a botanical garden to encourage an understanding, appreciation and promotion of the uniqueness of the world’s deserts, especially the Sonoran Desert. They foresaw the Valley’s potential and unique identity, envisioning the need to conserve a piece of the desert environment. elcome! Since 1939, the Desert Botanical Garden has been home to one of the finest and most diverse collections of succulent plants, including rare, threatened and endangered species from around the Southwest. It is the only botanical garden in the world whose mission, from its early inception, was to focus solely on desert plants.
Docent-led tours are offered daily October through April. Check with Admissions or stop by the Cohn Tour Gathering Area for tour times. Self-guided audio tours are available in the SRP Visitor Center. For your safety please remain on the trails at all times and do not climb on trees or rocks. Remember that you are in a desert so drink plenty of water. Hel p Our G arden Grow
VISITOR TRAIL GUIDE
G A R D EN E V ENTS , E X H IBITS & F A CILITIES
Become a Member of the Desert Botanical Garden. Membership is your passport to free admission, guest passes, discounts, free audio tours, free butterfly exhibit admission, insider information and much more! Join today! We invite you to stop by the Admissions area, visit dbg.org or call 480-941-3517. Consider a Charitable Contribution. Your gift supports our renowned plant collection, scientific research, educational programs and compelling exhibits. Gift options include:
– providing a gift via your will or estate plan.
– sponsoring an event, exhibit or program; and
– giving a gift in honor of or in memory of a loved one;
– making a cash donation;
A D D ITION A L IN F OR M ATION
Welcome to Desert Botanical Garden
CAFé and shop
Enjoy the music of premier local musicians while surrounded by desert beauty at one of the Garden’s three concert series. The fall and winter Music in the Garden concert series include an eclectic mix of Salsa, Folk Rock, Bluegrass and Blues. The Jazz in the Garden spring concert series features Big Band, Smooth Jazz, R & B, Latin Jazz and more. Visit us each year for our Fabulous Fall series of festivals including the popular Great Pumpkin Festival, Día de los Muertos Celebration, Native American Recognition Days Music Celebration and the Chiles & Chocolate Festival. Each year during December the Garden is transformed for Las Noches de las Luminarias. With more than 7,000 hand-lit luminarias lining the Garden’s trails, it’s a perfect setting to celebrate the holidays with music, food and fun.
For additional information, please call the Garden’s Development Department at 480-481-8179. Thank you.
The Garden ShoP
Group Tours
Located on Ullman Terrace, the Garden’s outdoor Patio Café offers visitors a beautiful setting for breakfast, lunch or a snack. Seasonal hours vary.
The Spring Butterfly Exhibit and fall Mariposa Monarca monarch butterfly exhibit feature hundreds of live butterflies in the enclosed Marshall Butterfly Pavilion. For information or tickets to these events, visit dbg.org.
The Garden offers admission discounts for groups of 10 or more. Private guided tours, meals, and activities including dish gardens, aromatherapy classes, and cooking demonstrations can be arranged. Tour Packages with the Heard Museum are also available. Call 480-481-8104 or visit dbg.org/groupsales. Facilit y Rental
Special occasions come to life at the Desert Botanical Garden. Discover beautiful venues for weddings, receptions, social and corporate events. Our unique indoor and outdoor settings can accommodate 5 – 500 guests. Visit dbg.org/facilityrental.
PATIO CAFé
The Garden Shop carries a diverse and thoughtful selection of merchandise and plants that reflect the wonders of the Sonoran Desert and Southwest. A full array of books for adults and children, decorative items, gourmet desert foods, jewelry, apparel, stationery and toys are available. The Plant Shop specializes in the unique and unusual plants adapted to the desert environment. In addition, we feature cactus dish gardens, seeds, pottery, bird feeders and attractive garden decorations that depict the beauty and serenity of our Southwestern lifestyle. Open seven days a week, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Desert Botanical Garden sits on 145 acres and has more than 50,000 plants on display. The Garden has five thematic trails that exhibit cactus and succulent species from around the world. Interpretive exhibits along the trails highlight desert wildflowers, conservation, desert plant adaptation and ethnobotany. A small group of Valley citizens created a botanical garden to encourage an understanding, appreciation and promotion of the uniqueness of the world’s deserts, especially the Sonoran Desert. They foresaw the Valley’s potential and unique identity, envisioning the need to conserve a piece of the desert environment.
Please visit dbg.org for the most current news about the Garden including events, exhibits, classes, hikes, membership, volunteer opportunities, group tours and facility rental.
elcome! Since 1939, the Desert Botanical Garden has been home to one of the finest and most diverse collections of succulent plants, including rare, threatened and endangered species from around the Southwest. It is the only botanical garden in the world whose mission, from its early inception, was to focus solely on desert plants.
The Garden’s commitment to the community is to advance excellence in education, research, exhibition, and conservation of desert plants of the world with emphasis on the Southwestern United States. We will ensure that the Garden is always a compelling attraction that brings to life the many wonders of the desert.
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A b o u t D e s e r t B o ta n i c a l G a r d e n
For your safety please remain on the trails at all times and do not climb on trees or rocks. Remember that you are in a desert so drink plenty of water. The Garden is a museum of living plants and we ask that you refrain from picking or removing plants, pods or seeds, or disturbing the wildlife. Picnicking is not allowed, however we do have a café where you can purchase food and drinks. T H IN G S TO K NO W
Welcome to Desert Botanical Garden
– making a cash donation;
– giving a gift in honor of or in memory of a loved one;
– sponsoring an event, exhibit or program; and
– providing a gift via your will or estate plan.
For additional information, please call the Garden’s Development Department at 480-481-8179. Thank you.
Visit us each year for our Fabulous Fall series of festivals including the popular Great Pumpkin Festival, Día de los Muertos Celebration, Native American Recognition Days Music Celebration and the Chiles & Chocolate Festival. Each year during December the Garden is transformed for Las Noches de las Luminarias. With more than 7,000 hand-lit luminarias lining the Garden’s trails, it’s a perfect setting to celebrate the holidays with music, food and fun.
VISITOR TRAIL GUIDE
Docent-led tours are offered daily October through April. Check with Admissions or stop by the Cohn Tour Gathering Area for tour times. Self-guided audio tours are available in the SRP Visitor Center.
Enjoy the music of premier local musicians while surrounded by desert beauty at one of the Garden’s three concert series. The fall and winter Music in the Garden concert series include an eclectic mix of Salsa, Folk Rock, Bluegrass and Blues. The Jazz in the Garden spring concert series features Big Band, Smooth Jazz, R & B, Latin Jazz and more.
A D D ITION A L IN F OR M ATION
For your safety, the Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert Trail, the Sonoran Desert Nature Trail, the Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Trail and the Steele Herb Garden close at sunset. Become a Member of the Desert Botanical Garden. Membership is your passport to free admission, guest passes, discounts, free audio tours, free butterfly exhibit admission, insider information and much more!
Consider a Charitable Contribution. Your gift supports our renowned plant collection, scientific research, educational programs and compelling exhibits. Gift options include:
1201 N. Galvin Parkway Phoenix, Arizona 85008 dbg.org | 480-941-1225
G A R D EN E V ENTS , E X H IBITS & F A CILITIES
Join today! We invite you to stop by the Admissions area, visit dbg.org or call 480-941-3517.
The Desert Botanical Garden is a non-profit organization supported by admission fees, donations, purchases and memberships and does not receive any public funding.
Hel p Our G arden Grow
CAFé and shop
The Spring Butterfly Exhibit and fall Mariposa Monarca monarch butterfly exhibit feature hundreds of live butterflies in the enclosed Marshall Butterfly Pavilion. For information or tickets to these events, visit dbg.org.
PATIO CAFé
Group Tours
The Garde n ShoP
The Garden offers admission discounts for groups of 10 or more. Private guided tours, meals, and activities including dish gardens, aromatherapy classes, and cooking demonstrations can be arranged. Tour Packages with the Heard Museum are also available. Call 480-481-8104 or visit dbg.org/groupsales.
The Garden Shop carries a diverse and thoughtful selection of merchandise and plants that reflect the wonders of the Sonoran Desert and Southwest. A full array of books for adults and children, decorative items, gourmet desert foods, jewelry, apparel, stationery and toys are available. The Plant Shop specializes in the unique and unusual plants adapted to the desert environment. In addition, we feature cactus dish gardens, seeds, pottery, bird feeders and attractive garden decorations that depict the beauty and serenity of our Southwestern lifestyle. Open seven days a week, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Facilit y Rental
Special occasions come to life at the Desert Botanical Garden. Discover beautiful venues for weddings, receptions, social and corporate events. Our unique indoor and outdoor settings can accommodate 5 – 500 guests. Visit dbg.org/facilityrental.
Located on Ullman Terrace, the Garden’s outdoor Patio Café offers visitors a beautiful setting for breakfast, lunch or a snack. Seasonal hours vary.
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Trail Guide
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Grassland
Pratt Ramada
Akimel O’odham Household
As you pass through Admissions you will find yourself in Ottosen Entry Garden. Here you will find the SRP Visitor Center, Garden Shop, Cohn Tour Gathering Area, and restrooms. From Ottosen Entry Garden, connect to the Desert Discovery Loop Trail or the Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Loop Trail.
Follow the brick path: take the Garden’s main trail and learn the unique characteristics of desert plants from around the world. The loop trail features outstanding displays and exhibits including the Sybil B. Harrington Cactus and Succulent Galleries and the Berlin Agave Yucca Forest (opens Nov. 2009). Along the way, explore the great diversity of form, texture and color found in this wondrous array of cacti and succulents from around the world. (1 ⁄ 3 mile)
PLANTS & PEOPLE OF THE SONORAN DESERT LOOP TRAIL Discover how Sonoran Desert plants have been used for food, fiber, medicine and other cultural purposes. Pound mesquite beans into flour and step inside a traditional Akimel O’odham Roundhouse. Closed at sunset. (1 ⁄3 mile)
SONORAN DESERT NATURE LOOP TRAIL
Sonoran Desert Nature Loop Trail
Cohn TOUR GATHERING AREA
PARKING
Ullman Terrace
Spanish Gardens Native Crop Garden
Patio Café at Ullman Terrace
Offices
Saguaro Harvesting Ramada Webster Center
Offices
Steele
Archer House Offices
Plants & People of the Sonoran Desert Loop Trail
Herb Garden Weisz Family Plaza
Berlin
Agave Yucca Forest
Quail Run Path
(Opens November 2009)
Maxine and Jonathan Marshall
Butterfly Pavilion
Desert Discovery Loop Trail
(Seasonal)
Sybil B. Harrington
Cactus and Succulent Galleries
Nina Mason Pulliam Desert Research and Horticulture Center
Change your point of view on this trail which features dramatic vistas of distant mountains and up-close views of the surrounding desert. A variety of fascinating exhibits focus on both the plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert. Closed at sunset. (1 ⁄4 mile)
Stardust Foundation Plaza
Boppart Courtyard
Marley Education and Volunteer Building
Amphitheater
Harriet K. Maxwell
Desert Wildflower Loop Trail
SRP Visitor Center Dorrance Hall
Steele HERB GARDEN Become familiar with a variety of desert-adapted herbs. Highlights include: A Wildlife Garden, Picante Garden, Tea and Culinary Gardens, and a Medicinal Garden. Closed at sunset.
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FIRST AID
Desert Oasis
DESERT DISCOVERY LOOP TRAIL
RESTROOMS DRINKING FOUNTAIN
GUIDE FOR USING THIS MAP
The Desert Discovery Loop Trail, which is paved in brick, is a loop that will connect you to all trails and exhibits throughout the Garden. Signage located around the Garden will help orient you during your visit.
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Mountain Vista Telescopes Apache Household
INFORMATION
Group Bus Zone
Ottosen Gallery
Offices
Weisz Learning Center
Bee Garden
Ottosen
Entry Garden
ADMISSIONS
Butterfly Garden
Hummingbird Garden Shade Garden
Harriet K. Maxwell DESERT WILDFLOWER LOOP TRAIL
Garden Shop
On this trail, you will see how wildflowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies (and people, too). Discover the beauty, color and diversity of wildflowers in North American deserts, and how they play a role in the desert’s ecosystem. Closed at sunset. (1 ⁄ 3 mile)
Binns Wildflower Pavilion
Schilling
Entry Arbor
Boulder Garden