The Tucson Botanical Gardens is a collection of 16 botanical gardens located at 2150 North Alvernon Way, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Although the Garden property dates back to the 1920s, when it was the home of Bernice and Rutger Porter, the Tucson Botanical Gardens were founded in 1964 by horticulturist and collector, Harrison G. Yocum, who opened [...]
Tohono Chul Park is a 49-acre (198,300 m2) nature preserve in Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Park History
In the 1920s, the entire northwest section of Tucson was considered ideal for growing frost-sensitive citrus and date palms. Maurice Reid owned property from Orange Grove Road to Ina Road and planted it with groves of citrus trees. He introduced [...]
The Desert Botanical Garden is a 140 acre (20 ha) botanical garden located within Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Founded in 1939, the garden now has more than 21,000 plants, including 139 species which are rare, threatened or endangered. Of special note are the rich collections of agave (176 taxa) and cacti (10,350 plants [...]
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park is an Arizona state park located in Superior, Arizona near Phoenix, Arizona in the United States. It consists of a 323-acre (1.31 km2) botanical collection that includes a wide range of habitats and a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) main loop walking trail. Founded in 1925, the arboretum is the largest [...]
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is one of the most visited attractions in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1952, it combines the attractions of a zoo, museum, and botanical garden. Its focus is the plants and animals that live in the Sonoran Desert, and it was a pioneer in the creation of naturalistic enclosures for its animals. [...]
The Arizona Cactus Botanical Garden was a non-profit botanical garden, located at 8 Cactus Lane, Bisbee, Arizona, USA, containing representative samples of over 800 varieties of high desert plant life. It was founded by David Eppele and has been closed since his death on 19 May 2005. The Garden featured cactus and succulents from high [...]
The Arboretum at Flagstaff is a 200 acre (80 hectare) arboretum that is home to 2,500 species of drought-tolerant native plants representative of the high-desert Colorado Plateau, home to the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park. It is located 3.8 miles (6 km) south of U.S. Route 66 on Woody Mountain Road, on the west [...]
