Spring at Desert Botanical Garden

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The Sonoran Desert is full of life. Come to the Garden and celebrate its beauty with us.Spring! Color comes to the Garden! Wildflowers burst into a carpet of yellow, orange, purple and pink. Cacti unfurl their improbable flowers. Desert trees cover themselves with clouds of color. Fluttering butterflies and soaring birds take flight. Spring is the most exciting and colorful season at the Garden.

Garden ToursOctober 1 – May 13 / Daily

Explore the Garden with an expert who will help you understand the extraordinary plants of the Sonoran Desert.

Visit Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower TrailExperience a kaleidoscope of color as desert wildflowers bloom throughout the spring.

A gift from the Harriet K. Maxwell Foundation provided for the design and development of the Wildflower Trail as a permanent memorial to her interest in wildflowers and the preservation of the natural environment of the Southwest.

For more information on memorial tributes at the Garden visit dbg.org/honormemorialgifts.

Now through April 1 / 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. / Daily Dorrance Hall and Ottosen Gallery

Included with membership or paid Garden admission.

See how raw materials from around the globe are harvested, shaped, molded and weaved into beautiful designs from nature. This world class exhibit features the works of leading designers and tells the stories of the people and places from which the objects originate. The exhibition encourages us to “consider the source” of the objects we use in our lives and to make sustainable choices.

Learn more at nature.org/azdesign or dbg.org

Co-presented with The Nature Conservancy.

Lead Sponsor: Northern Trust; Green Choice Sponsor: APS; Powered by Sponsor: SRP; Lecture Series Sponsor: The Dorrance Family Foundation; Opening Reception: Walton Family Foundation; Sustainability Sponsor: First Solar; Media Sponsor: Cox Communications; Promotional Sponsor: Certified Folder Display

Wildflower Tracking Go to dbg.org/wildflowers during March and April for wildflower reports from Arizona’s desert parks and gardens.

Oaxacan and Mata Ortiz Trunk Show and SaleSaturday and Sunday / March 31 and April 1 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. / Daily / Binns Wildflower Pavilion

Included with membership or paid Garden admission.

The Garden presents a showing of Oaxacan wood carving and Mata Ortiz pottery. Woodcarver Jacobo Angeles Ojeda, one of the finest woodcarvers of his generation, will demonstrate his work at the show. The pottery of Jorge Quintana, one of the best potters of Mata Ortiz, also will be represented.

Spring Butterfly Exhibit March 3 – May 13 / 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. / Daily Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Butterfly Pavilion

Members: Free / General Public: $3.50 with paid Garden admission. Children under three are free.

Stroll through the beautiful Marshall Butterfly Pavilion and be surrounded by hundreds of North American butterflies.

Charitable support from Maxine and Jonathan Marshall created this seasonal exhibit, which captivates and educates growing audiences of children and adults.

Supported by The Fred Maytag Family Foundation.

Did You Know?A total of 9,000 butterflies and a few hundred Luna moths are released into the Marshall Butterfly Pavilion each spring.

Dance in the DesertMay 2 – 5, 9 – 13*, 16 – 19, 23 – 26 Doors open at 6 p.m. / Performance begins at 7:30 p.m.

The Desert Botanical Garden and Ballet Arizona present Topia, a ballet created specifically for the Garden by artistic director Ib Andersen. Topia premiers at the Garden on a larger-than-usual outdoor stage in the uniquely beautiful surroundings of the desert.Reserved Tables of Four $45 (per seat) / Garden Members and Ballet Subscribers $50 (per seat) / General Public

General Seating $35 (per seat) / Garden Members and Ballet Subscribers $39 (per seat) / General Public

Tickets can be purchased at the Ballet Arizona box office at 602 381.1096 or through ticketmaster.com. Service fees apply.

Friday / March 30 / 6 – 10 p.m. Members: $55 / General Public: $60

SAVE $10 – ACT NOW Buy your tickets prior to Friday, March 9 and save $10 per ticket!

We’re celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Agave on the Rocks with ice-cold margaritas, Southwestern food and Latin American music.

Do not miss gourmet cuisine prepared by renowned Valley restaurants and caterers, refreshing margaritas, and vibrant Latin rhythms with performances by: DJ Miguel Ivery, Fuerza Caribe, Grupo Liberdade, Ritmo Latino and Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta.

In spring, snakes and lizards come out to warm in the sun and enjoy the season . . . and so should you!

TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Order online at dbg.org / Call 480 481.8188 (8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mon. – Fri.; 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekends) / Visit the Admissions Box Office (8 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily)

THINK GLOBALLY | CELEBRATE LOCALLY

Thursdays / 6 – 9 p.m. / Members: $12 / General Public: $18

Entertainment Line-up

March 8 Australia – Uncork a good time with a tasting and presentation of Australian wines followed by a neotribal performance by Drumming Sounds.

March 15 Alaska – Explore the animal world of the Pacific Northwest in an interactive program brought by The Phoenix Zoo. Native American music performance by Tony Duncan and Estun-bah.

March 22 World Celebration – Join DJ Miguel Ivery in celebrating world cultures through dance followed by the dynamic world music of Traveler.

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Fridays / Ullman Terrace Members: $15 / General Public: $21

CONCERT LINE-UP

March – May Concerts / 7 – 9 p.m. / Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

March 9 The DelRayz – Blues/Boogie

March 16 The Hey Boyz – Bluegrass/Country

March 23 Pete Pancrazi – Jazz Guitar/Bossa Nova

April 6 Big Nick and the Gila Monsters – Blues

April 13 Dennis Rowland – Jazz/R&B/Soul

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT

April 20 Nature, Sound, Silence: John Cage – American Experimental Doors open at 6 pm. Concert begins in Ottosen Entry Garden and will progress

to Ullman Terrace. All ages welcome for this date only. Co-sponsored by the

ASU School of Music.

May 4 Domingo DeGrazia – Flamenco/Acoustic Guitar

May 11 Chele’ – Jazz/Soul

May 18 Pick & Holler – Old Time Appalachian

May 25 Chris Burton Jácome – Flamenco Guitar/Latin

June Concerts / 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. / Doors open at 6 p.m.

June 1 The Shri Blues Band – Blues

June 8 Crossing 32nd Street presents A Musical Tribute to The Who –

Rock

June 15 Grupo Liberdade – Brazilian / World / Batucadad

June 22 The Sugar Thieves – Delta Blues

June 29 Cold Shott and the Hurricane Horns – R&B / Blues

Fabulous Food Fine Catering and Events provides a chef-attended station featuring weekly specials for an additional charge. The Patio Café will also be open during the concert with items for purchase from the café menu. A full cash bar and boutique wine bottle selection are also available for purchase.

Garden Members’ Preview Friday / March 16 / 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Open to the Public Saturday / March 17 / 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. AND Sunday / March 18 / 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

No admission charge to enter the Spring Plant Sale.

PLANT SALE SPRING

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This performance series is made possible in part by generous friends of:

*May 13 performance dedicated to Mother’s Day. Visit dbg.org for event details.

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March

Spring Butterfly Exhibit Opens March 3

Scottsdale Artist League Paintout March 3, 10, 17, 24

Avant-Garden March 8, 15, 22

Music in the Garden Spring Concert Series March 9, 16, 23

Spring Plant Sale March 17, 18

Agave on the Rocks March 30

Oaxacan Trunk Show March 31

Scottsdale Artist League Sale March 31

June

Music in the Garden Spring Concert Series June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Flashlight Tours June 2, 7, 9, 14, 16,

21, 23, 28, 30

July

Garden Closed July 4

Flashlight Tours July 5, 7, 12, 14,

19, 21, 26, 28

August

Flashlight Tours Aug. 2, 4, 9, 11, 16,

18, 23, 25, 30

September

Flashlight Tours Sept. 1

Las Noches de las Luminarias Tickets on Sale to Garden Members Sept. 10

Las Noches de las Luminarias Tickets on Sale to the General Public Sept. 23

Corks & Cactus Sept. 28

Mariposa Monarca Opens Sept. 29

October

Avant-Garden Oct. 4, 11, 18

Carolina Escobar Sculpture Exhibit Opens Oct. 5

Music in the Garden Fall Concert Series Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26

Four Seasons Sculpture Exhibit by Philip Haas Opens Mid-October

Fall Plant Sale Oct. 20, 21

The Great Pumpkin Festival Oct. 25 - 28

Día de los Muertos Exhibit of Ofrendas Oct. 25 - 31

April

Oaxacan Trunk Show April 1

Scottsdale Artist League Sale April 1

Music in the Garden Spring Concert Series April 6, 13, 20

Central Arizona Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale April 20 - 22

November

Día de los Muertos Exhibit of Ofrendas Nov. 1 - 4

Avant-Garden Nov. 1, 8, 15

Music in the Garden Fall Concert Series Nov. 2, 9, 16

Dia de los Muertos Celebration Nov. 3, 4

Chiles & Chocolate Festival Nov. 9 - 11

Garden Closed Nov. 22 / Thanksgiving

Final Day of Mariposa Monarca Nov. 25

May

Topia May 2 - 5, 9 - 13, 16 - 19,

23 - 26

Music in the Garden Spring Concert Series May 4, 11, 18, 25

National Public Gardens Day May 11

Final Day of Spring Butterfly Exhibit May 13

Topia Mother’s Day May 13

Flashlight Tours May 26

December

Las Noches de las Luminarias Dec. 1, 2, 6 - 9, 13 - 23,

26 - 30

Garden closed Dec. 25 / Christmas

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2012 Desert Botanical Garden Calendar

Flashlight Tours May - September

The Great Pumpkin Festival October

Philip HaasOctober - April

Carolina EscobarOctober - May

Oaxacan Trunk ShowMarch - April

Spring PaintoutMarch - April

Las Noches de las Luminarias December

Scottsdale Artist League Spring Paintout Saturdays / March 3, 10, 17, 24 / 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Throughout the Garden

Included with membership or paid Garden admission.

Show and Sale / Stardust Foundation Plaza Saturday / March 31 / 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday / April 1 / 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Artist Meet and Greet Saturday / March 31 / 4 – 6 p.m.

For more information visit www.scottsdaleartistsleague.org.

Cactus and Succulent Society Show and SaleIncluded with membership or paid Garden admission.

Friday – Sunday / April 20 – 22 Friday and Saturday / 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday / 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Dorrance Hall and Boppart Courtyard

See amazing, beautiful and bizarre examples of cacti and succulents.

For more information, go to centralarizonacactus.org.

The Desert Botanical Garden is home to three permanent sculpture installations. Dale Chihuly’s Desert Towers (shown above), Robert Wick’s Saint Earth Walking, and two Zimbabwe Shona sculptures, Inner Peace and The Earth Has Been Good To Us.

For more information about activities in the calendar visit dbg.org.

Music in the GardenJanuary - June, October - November Día de los Muertos

October - November

Agave on the RocksMarch

Butterfly ExhibitMarch - May

Birds in the GardenMondays October - April / 8 a.m. May - September / 7 a.m.

Second Saturdays October - April / 8 a.m. May - September / 7 a.m.

Included with Garden membership or paid Garden admission.

Join expert birders for a morning bird walk along the Garden trails. Everyone is welcome, including first-time birders.

Ask a GardenerSaturdays and Sundays October - November / February - April 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Want ideas for creating year-round color and conserving water in your desert garden? Drop by our Ask a Gardener station where knowledgeable volunteers can help with your gardening questions.

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Our Outdoor ClassroomExplore the Colorado River, see the stars with your family and experience the wonders of Arizona with us. Learning and travel opportunities at the Garden are available for every age and interest. From photography to summer camps, there is always something to discover in the most gorgeous classroom in the state.

Adult Classes & TripsOur adult classes and trips are available weekends and evenings. Topics include:

• Landscape&Gardening

• Photography&Art

• Foods&Well-Being

• ExplorationsinNaturalSciences

• EducationThroughTravel&Adventure

• Lectures

Families & ChildrenThe Garden has opportunities for families of all ages and interests. Whether you are a Girl Scout, teenager, homeschooler, preschooler, public schooler, star gazer, or just want to swing by and enjoy the Garden, we have something for your family.

Our youth programs include:

Spring Break and Summer Camps focus on health with Hip, Herb, Hurray! during the spring program. As part of the Garden’s participation in First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative, our Let’s Dig In! summer camp, which will offer many guided and self-guided walking tours to keep kids moving, is hosting a class to help parents incorporate the new MyPlate nutrition guidelines at home and more. Visit dbg.org/camp for more details.

FamilyclassesincludingAstronomyNightwiththeFamily where members of the Phoenix Astronomical Society will host a family-friendly evening exploring our night sky with high-powered telescopes and interactive activities.

Preschool and science enrichment with our Seedlings and Learning Labs programs.

SonoranDesertAdventureFieldTrips designed to complement your school district’s educational objectives and correlate with Arizona Academic Standards. Visit dbg.org/fieldtrip for more details.

NEW in 2012! Nature Questing at the Garden Nature Quests will guide children through the Garden on an engaging and challenging route of discovery that incorporates desert ecology, map reading, nature observation, adventure and fun! Visit dbg.org/naturequest for more details.

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For a complete listing and to register for adult classes and trips, visit dbg.org/education-programs.

For complete details and to register for youth programs, visit dbg.org/youthprograms.

Photography & Art

Education Through Travel & Adventure

Foods&Well-Being

Rare and Endangered Species

A major part of the Garden’s mission is to conserve the plants and habitats of the desert Southwest. One way in which we do this is by rescuing plants in the wild that would otherwise be lost through development, mining or other human activities. One species we have successfully rescued is the Nichol’s Turk’s-Head cactus (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii). The Garden protects and cares for more than 200 individuals of this federally endangered plant.

Even Giant Cactus Start Out Small

Two of the Garden’s most charismatic cacti are the cardón (Pachycereus pringlei) and the organ pipe (Stenocereus thurberi). They are big and beautiful now, but they will not live forever. Which is why, in our conservation greenhouse, we are growing baby cardones and organ pipes from seed. It is hard to imagine that these tiny cactus seedlings will one day be giants, but with some tender loving care, they will inspire awe in visitors to the Garden many decades from now.

How Do You Prevent Extinction?

Seventeen species of plants in Arizona are federally listed as threatened or endangered, while many rare species face challenges that could put them on the endangered list. The Garden is building an insurance policy against extinction by collecting seeds of many of these species and storing them in a secure, climate-controlled vault. Some of these seeds are used to grow more plants for research that may one day lead to restoring the species in the wild. When you support the Desert Botanical Garden, you are also helping us to save endangered plants!

Helping Monarch Butterflies

Monarch butterflies play a key role in the pollination and survival of many plants in our southwest deserts. Herbicides, development and other factors are causing the decline of milkweeds (Asclepias spp.), the host plants vital to the monarch’s lifecycle.

To help restore milkweeds, Garden researchers joined forces with the Xerces Society, collecting native milkweed seeds from around Arizona. The seeds will be propagated and eventually returned to the wild to create nectar-rich corridors for monarch butterflies!

Tending the Garden Campaign contributions provided for additional research and conservation scientists.

Come See the National Collections of Cacti and Agave

In 2010, the Garden’s outstanding collections of cactus and agaves were designated as National Collections by the North American Plant Collections Consortium. This designation highlights the excellence of these plant collections and is a formal recognition of the Garden’s longstanding commitment to caring for these plant families.

Learn more about the Garden’s outstanding National Collections at dbg.org/nationalcollections.

Discovering New Species - in Our Own Backyard

We carefully thrash through dense vegetation, always on the lookout for snakes, perspiration dripping down our foreheads, clouding our eyes. We are on a hunt, a hunt for new plants, never before named or described by scientists. And we are not in the Amazon forest; we are in the Verde Valley, just 85 miles north of Phoenix, the sixth largest city in the nation.

Learn more about Garden researchers Wendy Hodgson and Andrew Salywon’s quest to find new species of agave and the fascinating story these plants tell us about past civilizations at dbg.org/research-conservation.

Conservation—Growing a Legacy for the Future

Research—Revealing the Wonders of Our Desert World

Nichol’s Turk’s-Head cactus

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Open Daily October – April / 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. May – September / 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Garden Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25 and July 4

Admission Fees Members are admitted freeAdults: $18 Seniors: $15 (60 years and older) Students: $10 (13–18 and college with ID) Children: $8 (3–12) Children under 3 are admitted free

Get the latest info for the Garden at

1201 N. Galvin Parkway

Phoenix, Arizona 85008

dbg.org | 480 941.1225

Eat. 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily Note: These hours will change based on season.

Located on the Ullman Terrace, the outdoor Patio Café offers visitors a beautiful setting for breakfast, lunch or a snack.

Shop.9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily

Stop by the Garden Shop, located near the Garden’s entrance, for unique gifts and plants that reflect the wonders of the Southwest. A full array of books, decorative and garden items, foods, jewelry, stationary and toys is available.

Support.Help the Garden provide education, research, exhibition and conservation programs today and for future generations.

Visit dbg.org/makeadonation to make your donations now.

The Desert Botanical Garden’s spring campaign is made possible by a generous grant from the Flinn Foundation.

Discover.Monday – Friday / 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Do you have questions about your desert plants? Email or call the Plant Hotline with your questions.

planthotline@dbg.org or 480 481.8120

The Desert Botanical Garden is now the Valley’s latest Wi-Fi hotspot! Partially funded by a generous grant from the Arizona Community Foundation, the Garden created free Wi-Fi hotspots located in natural gathering places, including the area in front of Admissions, Ottosen Entry Garden, Ullman Terrace, The Center for Desert Living Trail and Boppart Courtyard.

The Mission of the Desert Botanical Garden 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.