Desert Botanical Gardens

Josh and I went on Valentines Day and it turned out to be a nice, easy, low-key, little hike totaling 1 and a quarter miles. It was pretty interesting to learn about all the different cacti and desert plants. Now I know what all of our classrooms are named after and I know what an Ironwood looks like!

We went on all 5 trails (Desert Discovery Trail, Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert Trail, Sonoran Desert Nature Trail, Steele Herb Garden, Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Trail). A couple of the trails had huts similar to ones built by people of the Sonoran Desert. I had fun going into the huts and enjoying the shade. Consequently, I told Josh I want to build a hut in our backyard. Haha.

The gift shop was fun and I’m happy with the things we bought. One of which was a nice salsa recipe book from which we made delicious Tomatillo Salsa Verde. Yum! We also bought some prickly pear gummy candy. It was fun eating that while walking around and looking at the prickly pear cacti at the same time. I could appreciate where my food came from.

If you're looking for a nice easy walk through the desert with fun facts and a gift shop, this is the place to go.