The cafe will feature new menu items as well as old favorites. Stop in for lunch on your next visit and enjoy a meal on the beautiful Xeriscape patio. Cafe open daily 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Butterfly Magic, a live exhibit of tropical butterflies. Open daily 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Admission $12 Adults, $6.50 Children 4-12, Children 3 and under, free.
A docent-training course at Tucson Botanical Gardens will be held Wednesday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon starting on Feb.17 and ending on April 28. There are many benefits to becoming a docent at the Gardens including the opportunity to meet new and interesting people, refine or gain new skills, learn more about gardening and the Tucson region, and attend continuing education classes and volunteer field trips. In docent training, docents will learn about the history of Tucson Botanical Gardens, botany for gardeners, gardening for birds and butterflies, water resources and conservation, principles of xeriscaping, desert ecology, ethnobotany and more.
Trained docents at the Tucson Botanical Gardens participate in specialized training sessions, lead garden tours, present educational outreach programs for adults and children, staff educational carts, implement horticultural therapy programs, teach Gardens’ signature classes, participate in training and planning for Gardens educational and outreach programs and staff volunteer booths at community events and the information center to provide Gardens and plant information to visitors as a Gardens’ interpreter.
This 11-week course requires a fee of $65 to cover the cost of materials. Space is limited; call (520) 326-9686, Ext. 39 to register.
Hours & Admission
Docent training class time: Wednesdays, Feb. 17 through April 28, 9 a.m. – noon
Docent training fee: $65 to cover the cost of materials
To register: call (520) 326-9686, Ext. 39
Garden hours: Garden hours are 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Open seven days a week, year round, except July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Day and New Year’s Day.
Gardens’ admission: $7 for adults (age 13+), $3 for children 4-12, free for children 3 and under.
1st and 4th Wednesday, 10 a.m. (September – May only)
This 45-minute tour explores the plants and gardening practices that will attract birds to your backyard. We also look for and identify the birds that visit the Gardens and urban Tucson.
2nd and 3rd Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. This 45-minute tour explores the plants and gardening practices that will attract butterflies to your backyard. We also look for and identify the butterflies that visit the Gardens and urban Tucson.
Members only sale: Friday, March 26, 5-8 p.m., Public Sale: Saturday, March 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit the Gardens this March for a new twist on our spring plant sale – the New Leaf Plant Sale. Vendors will feature one or more “new plants” – plants recently brought into cultivation, new cultivars or “retro plants” that are returning to popularity. We’ll have a wide selection of other plants, too. More information.
Photo by John Rhodes
February 28, March 28 and April 25
10:00AM – 3:00PM
Tucson Botanical Gardens and Sonoran Arthropod Institute partner to bring live creepy, exciting bugs from the Sonoran Desert and Tropical Rainforests! Ant colonies, Tarantulas, Vinegaroons, Scorpions, Centipedes, and more. *Included with the price of admission
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