Nuestro Jardín (Our Garden): The barrio garden honors the distinctive gardens and yards found in Tucson's Mexican-American community.
Plants of the Tohono O'odham Path: This garden honors the relationship between the Tohono O'odham people and plants of the Sonoran Desert. Featured are an authentic saguaro harvest ramada, a hands-on mortar and pestle for pounding mesquite beans and many different kinds of native plants used by the Tohono O'odham for food, fiber, construction and medicine.
Backyard Bird Garden: Attracting our feathered friends can be a rewarding experience, and this garden shows you how to do it.
Butterfly Garden: This garden includes a variety of low-water-use plants that attract butterflies in both the larval and adult stages of their life cycles.
Cactus and Succulent Garden: This garden, named for Rodney G. Engard, TBG's first director, includes cacti from Arizona, other southwestern states, Mexico, and South America.
Herb Garden: This garden showcases the rich variety of herbs that grow in the Tucson area. Plants used for seasoning food, fragrance and medicinal purposes are in abundance.
Historical Gardens: Shady, mature and inviting, these gardens are the legacy of the Rutger and Bernice Porter family. The gardens include many trees and shrubs commonly planted in Tucson during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.
Iris Garden: April is the time for peak bloom in the Dr. Raymond C. Allen Memorial Iris Garden, which includes only low water use varieties.
Native American Crops Garden: This garden features Native American crops from the southwestern U.S. Traditional summer gardens include corn, beans, squash, melons and chiles.
Sensory Garden: The 5 ramadas of the Dr. Scholl Sensory Garden are filled with plants that invite you to use your senses and be curious.
Tropical Exhibit: Muted light, large leaves and high humidity will briefly transport you far away from the Sonoran Desert.
Wildflower Garden: The Edward McGinnies Wildflower Garden includes penstemon, lupine, Mexican gold poppy, desert marigold, owl clover, and many other native plants. Peak bloom occurs March-May.
Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: It is possible to garden with style and not use a lot of water? This garden shows you how.
Spring Plant Sale: third weekend in March. Enjoy a fabulous selection of low-water-use perennials, trees, cacti, succulents, and herbs for sale in the TBG Nursery.
Garden Art Exhibit and Auction
runs for two weeks beginning the day of Spring Plant Sale. Local artists provide sculptures made from metal, clay, stone, and tile that are exhibited throughout the Gardens. Art is open for bids through a silent auction process.
Home Garden Tour: held in April. Visit carefully chosen home gardens plus TBG in all of their spring glory.
Herb Fair: Mother's Day weekend -- features a large variety of herb plants and unique crafts for herb enthusiasts, cooks, and gardeners.
Fall Plant Sale: first weekend in October. At this huge plant extravaganza, find a great diversity of drought tolerant plants, including many natives, available for Tucson's prime planting time.
Luminaria Nights: First weekend in December. Two thousand five hundred luminarias light up the Botanical Gardens for this holiday family tradition. Music, refreshments, holiday decorations and entertainment make this a very popular event.
