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Tucson
Botanical Gardens
2150
North Alvernon Way
Tucson, Arizona 85712
(520) 326-9255
 The
Tucson Botanical Gardens is truly of the Old Pueblos treasures.
Founded in 1968, the Botanicals Gardens has quickly become
one of Tucson's favorite places of repose. Established
on the estate of Bernice and Rutger Porter, the site was
doubled to five acres in 1975. Originally leased for twenty-five
years in 1974, the property was deeded by the City to
the non-profit organization that facilitates the Botanical
Gardens in 1985. The City also provided the Gardens with
public restrooms, an iris garden, and a tropical greenhouse
in the same year.
The Botanical Gardens have been burgeoning
ever since, with many additions springing up over the
last decade and a half. These exhibits are equally as
informative as they are beautiful. The Native American
Crops Garden was added in 1986, and in 1988 a low water
use exhibit, the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden began
showing Tucsonans the beauty and ease of healthy desert
landscaping. This commitment to entertaining and highly
useful education drives 100,000 visitors to the Botanical
Gardens yearly. There are several services offered by
the Gardens both yearly and seasonally. Every Wednesday
from 10 am - Noon the Gardeners of Tucson host an informative
plant clinic, and the Tucson Organic Gardeners have helped
to create the Home Compost Demonstration Site. There are
some 60-70 classes and workshops offered annually on a
variety of horticultural and desert environmental concerns.
 The
Botanical Gardens is also very committed to educating
the children of the Tucson community through the Kids'
Gardening Club and on-site gardening clubs at various
local elementary schools. The Tucson Botanical Gardens
is a wonderful resource for our community. Group tours
are available, as are picnic areas during normal hours.
A nursery, specializing in low water use plants, hosts
a fall sale the first week of October and a spring sale
the third week of March. This nursery is closed for the
summer but reopens in October annually.
For
more info please contact the Tucson Botanical Gardens,
or check out their official website at www.tucsonbotanical.org.
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