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Botanical Garden

Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix

 
The Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden boasts the world’s largest collection of desert plants in a natural setting. And it is a top ten Phoenix attraction even for families traveling with kids. Tour the gardens. Take part in Target Kids’ Corner, offered on Saturday and Sunday from October through February, and in addition to learning about desert plants, make crafts and have fun. Enjoy one or more the many special events, such as the annual Las Noches de las Luminaries, scheduled throughout the year.
 
Desert Botanical Garden
Cactus Flower

Cactus Flower

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Deserts may seem like barren places yet they are home to lots of plants. More than 2000 species of desert plants are found in the Sonoran Desert alone! Hiking through the desert to find each one takes lots and lots of time. At a desert botanical garden you can see many of them in a single trip. What's more, at a desert botanical garden you can discover lots of fun things. On your trip to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix try to find the answers to the following questions. You can print this page and write them here.

Name three edible desert plants.




Name three desert plants that have medicinal use.




How have desert plants adapted to survive?





Why do deserts need wildflowers?





Name five desert plants that are native to the U.S. state of Arizona.






Name five desert plants that only grow outside of the United States.






What two birds make the holes in saguaro cacti?



 
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TRAVEL TRIVIA
The age of the Saguaro Cactus is determined by:
number of blossoms
number of branches
width of the trunk
height