Desert Botanical Garden

1201 North Galvin PKWY, Phoenix, AZ, 85008

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+1 480 481 8134

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www.dbg.org

The Desert Botanical Garden offers the world's finest collection of arid-land plants from deserts of the world in a unique outdoor setting. The Garden has more than 50,000 desert plants on display throughout five thematic trails ... more on Visitphoenix.com

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92% of guests recommend this place.

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One of the most amazing museum /parks I have even seen, the Desert Botanical Garden is within the Papago Park and not far from Phoenix and near the cities of Scottsdale and Tempe. more on igougo

One of the paths was closed which was a little disappointing, but they did have a very nice special butterfly exhibit going on. more on Yahoo! Travel

It was quite a nice experience to visit the Desert Botanical garden. more on CitySearch

I was fortunate enough to be here for the Chihuly glass exhibit and hope to return for the spring flowers. more on Yahoo! Travel

We read about the butterfly exhibit and thought that might be worth seeing. more on TripAdvisor

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This is one of my favorite places in Phoenix and a favorite destination for all my out of town guests. With the variety of desert plants and paths, it is never boring. I love the People and Plants of ... more on TripAdvisor

This is a fantastic place to view unusual desert landscape. You can even get ides for your own landscape. It is beautiful during holiday time visiting at night with the luminaries. Springtime has fant ... more on TripAdvisor

At $18.00 a person, I found this to be the most overpriced attraction. I simply can't figure out how this place could be so expensive. No priceless works of art. No big utility bills. I saw very littl ... more on TripAdvisor

Spring, Winter and Fall are great times to go to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. There is always a new exhibit showing at the gardens. In December and January it is the gigantic statu ... more on TripAdvisor

I try to go at least once a year. We saw the Monarch butterfly s this last years, and then took time to re-explore the area. New things and exhibits are ... more on TripAdvisor

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I wasn't very into it, I thought it was actually kind of boring more on Yahoo! Travel

Great docents who definitely enhance the experience. I had no idea you could make a flour from mesquite pods. Really nice gift shop that sells cactus. The best part, though, ... more on Yahoo! Travel

It was the same thing over and over just differnt shapes and it put me to sleep more on Yahoo! Travel

Kit was nice to see the different types of plantsd there more on Yahoo! Travel

Very beautiful. If you are into the beauty of
flowers and,flower arrangements. You will love this place. I wanted ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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It was quite a nice experience to visit the Desert Botanical garden. Presentation of the garden makes it interesting ... more on CitySearch

After visiting the Botanical Gardens, I was amazed at all the different types of flora that are so natural to the area. The staff was very ... more on CitySearch

The Desert Botanical Garden is one of the best botanical gardens in the United States. The garden is an example of the plants that ... more on CitySearch

The Temp was near 100 and it was still very enjoyable. Since we had not yet experienced the desert terrain, it was great to see and learn ... more on CitySearch

The nonprofit Desert Botanical Garden highlights one of the world's best collections of desert plants. One exhibit in the park's 147 acres ... more on CitySearch

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