The beautiful desert
Category : Trips
It is difficult to describe the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, AZ but I think it’s safe to say that if you like rugged beauty, prickly things, and the best flora the desert has to offer, then you should definitely check it out. In addition to the trees, grasses, succulents and cacti, we saw owls hunting, frogs swimming, rabbits doing whatever rabbits do, and quail wandering around making that funny little quail sound. Note, these were not critters in cages. These were wild animals that have made the gardens their home.
During our visit on Halloween night, our anniversary, we also enjoyed one of the best cheese and sausage plates I’ve ever had at Gertrude’s Restaurant and the music of Tro De Mambo.
We hope to go back during spring time to check out the garden in full bloom.
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- glass sculpture by chihuly with sun behind
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- glass sculpture by chihuly
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- Suzy with some cacti
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- Purple and green prickly pears
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- Me with some desert flora.
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- Beautiful pathways
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- Succulents
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- Old man in the mountain
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- Organ pipe cactus
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- Cactus fruit
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- Cactus fruit
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- saguaro cactus
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- Me with the saguaro cactus
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- Suzy and the Organ Pipe Cactus
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- agave
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- Hillside at dusk.