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Desert Botanical Garden

Debunking the myth that nothing beautiful grows in the desert, Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix boasts fifty acres of blooming flowers and plants. Accredited not only as a garden, but also as a living museum, the garden is a sanctuary for nearly 140 threatened or endangered species, representing flora from deserts around the world.

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  Desert Botanical Garden

  1201 North Galvin Parkway
  Phoenix, AZ 85008

  Phone: (480)941-1225

  Fax: (480)481-8124

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  Phoenix

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  • Wheelchair Access

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• Current Events

  10/15/09- 01/03/10	Legacy
  06/01/08- Ongoing	Desert Botanical Garden

• Upcoming Events

  11/21/09- 05/30/10	Allan Houser: Tradition to Abstraction
  12/03/09- 12/30/09	Las Noches de las Luminarias 2009

• Past Events

  11/14/09- 11/15/09	Chiles and Chocolate
  11/13/09	Corks and Cactus
  11/13/09	Corks and Cactus
  11/08/09	Robert Tree Cody and Will Clipman
  11/07/09	Native American Recognition Days
  11/06/09	Music in the Garden: The Wilde Boys
  11/05/09	Spiked! Thursdays at DBG - Burning Sky
  11/01/09	La Procesion
  10/31/09- 11/01/09	Día de los Muertos
  10/31/09	La Calaca Cabaret
  10/30/09	Quetzal Guerrero
  10/30/09- 11/01/09	Dancing Earth
  10/30/09	Music in the Garden: Quetzal Guerrero
  10/29/09	Spiked! Thursdays at DBG - Los Rambleros
  10/28/09- 11/06/09	Ofrenda and Sculpture Installations
  10/23/09	Music in the Garden: The Sugar Thieves
  10/22/09- 10/25/09	The Great Pumpkin Festival
  10/22/09	Spiked! Thursdays at DBG - Rose's Pawn Shop
  10/16/09	Music in the Garden: Jump Back Brothers
  10/15/09	Spiked! Thursdays at DBG - DJs dk.strickler & World Famous Rani "g"
  10/01/09- 11/05/09	Spiked! Thursdays at DBG
  09/26/09- 11/15/09	Mariposa Monarca Monarch Butterfly Exhibit
  09/25/09	Biergarten
  05/10/09	Mother's Day Concert With Esteban
  03/27/09	Agave on the Rocks
  03/21/09- 03/29/09	Spring Plant Sale Festival 2008
  03/07/09- 03/08/09	Breakfast With The Butterflies
  03/07/09- 05/11/09	Spring Butterfly Exhibit
  03/06/09- 06/26/09	Jazz in the Garden
  02/26/09- 05/14/09	Spiked!: Thursdays at DBG
  02/22/09	Lyra - Classical Guitar and Violin
  02/08/09	Back Porch Bandits
  02/01/09	Winter Concert Series - Novo Mundo
  01/25/09	Music in the Garden: Try Me Bicycle
  01/25/09	Try Me Bicycle
  01/18/09	Music in the Garden: Mex-Sal
  01/09/09	Dr. Donald C. Johanson
  11/28/08- 12/23/08	Las Noches de las Luminarias
  11/22/08- 05/31/09	Chihuly Art Exhibition
  11/21/08	Chihuly: The Nature of Glass Opening Night Preview and Gala
  11/05/08	National Book Launch and Book Signing: "The Superorganism"
  11/01/08- 05/31/09	Ottosen Entry Garden
  10/24/08- 10/26/08	The Great Pumpkin Festival
  10/18/08- 10/19/08	Fall Plant Sale Festival 2008
  10/03/08- 11/14/08	Music in the Garden Fall Concert Series
  10/02/08	Distinguished Visiting Writers Series: Pamela Uschuk and William Pitt Root
  09/27/08- 11/02/08	Mariposa Monarca Monarch Butterfly Exhibit
  09/26/08	Corks & Cactus
  09/05/08- 10/19/08	The Spirit of the Saguaro
  06/27/08	Jazz in the Garden - Sherry Petta
  06/20/08	Jazz in the Garden - Groove Defenders
  06/13/08	Jazz in the Garden - Cinco de Moio
  06/06/08- 06/27/08	Jazz in the Garden - Summer 2008
  06/06/08- 06/27/08	Jazz in the Garden - Summer 2008
  05/11/08	Mother's Day Lunch and Concert with Esteban
  05/02/08- 05/30/08	Jazz in the Garden - Spring 2008
  05/02/08	Music in the Garden: Lulu Lafever
  05/01/08- 08/31/08	Birds in the Garden
  05/01/08- 08/30/08	Flashlight Tours
  04/18/08	Music in the Garden: Dennis Rowland & the Jazz Experience
  03/28/08	Agave on the Rocks 2008
  03/21/08- 05/30/08	Jazz in the Garden - Spring 2008
  03/09/08	Music in the Garden - Banda Tres featuring Beth Lederman
  03/02/08	Music in the Garden - Mex-Sal
  03/01/08- 05/11/08	Spring Butterfly Exhibit
  02/24/08	Music in the Garden - Lyra
  02/17/08	Music in the Garden - Margo and Michael Reed
  02/14/08	Romance in the Garden: Desert Divas and Desserts
  02/10/08	Music in the Garden - The Dennis Allen Band
  02/03/08	Music in the Garden - The Sahnas Brothers
  01/27/08	Music in the Garden - Sistah Blue
  12/06/07- 12/23/07	Las Noches de las Luminarias - December
  11/29/07- 12/02/07	Las Noches de las Luminarias: Members Only Week
  11/23/07- 11/25/07	Las Noches de las Luminarias - November
  11/16/07	Music in the Garden - Sahnas featuring Thano and Demitri Sahnas of Turning Point
  11/10/07- 11/11/07	Chiles and Chocolate Festival
  11/09/07	Music in the Garden Concert Series - Chris Burton Jacome
  11/03/07- 11/04/07	Native American Recognition Days
  11/02/07	Music in the Garden Concert Series- Robert Tree Cody, Randy Wood, and Will Clipman
  11/02/07	Music in the Garden Concert Series - Robert Tree Cody, Randy Wood, and Will Clipman
  11/01/07- 05/31/08	Mayme Kratz
  10/27/07- 10/28/07	Dia de los Muertos Festival
  10/26/07	Music in the Garden Concert Series - Incendio
  10/19/07	Music in the Garden - Big Nick and the Gila Monsters featuring the Groove Merchant Horns
  10/19/07- 10/21/07	The Great Pumpkin Festival
  10/12/07	Music in the Garden Fall 2007 Concert Series - Boneyard featuring Carol Pella
  10/05/07	Music in the Garden Fall 2007 Concert Series - Brid Dower
  09/29/07- 11/11/07	Mariposa Monarca: Monarch Butterfly Exhibit
  09/28/07	The Arizona Republic Presents Corks & Cactus
  09/28/07	Fabulous Finds for Fifteen
  09/22/07- 11/15/07	Picasso: 25 Years of Edition Ceramics from the Edward Weston Collection
  06/22/07	Jazz in the Garden - Cold Shott and the Hurricane Horns
  06/15/07	Jazz in the Garden - Big Pete Pearson
  06/08/07	Jazz in the Garden - Nazim Rashid with New Renaissance
  06/01/07	Jazz in the Garden - Pete Pancrazi
  05/25/07	Jazz in the Garden - Fred Forney Quartet
  05/18/07	Jazz in the Garden - Lulu La Fever
  05/13/07	Mother's Day Lunch and Concert with Esteban
  05/11/07	Jazz in the Garden - Cinco de Moio
  05/04/07	Jazz in the Garden - Dennis Rowland