The Desert Botanical Garden aims to enhance visitors and residents appreciation and understanding of desert plants and ecology through high-quality interpretation, exhibits, educational opportunities, and volunteer programs. You can participate in hands-on activities at our trailside investigation stations. School Field Trips and Outreach Guided and self-guided field trips are available for students of all ages. Desert ecology puppet shows performed by the Great Arizona Puppet Theater will visit schools in the metropolitan Phoenix area.
Teachers receive re-certification credit, activity ideas and resources.
The Garden provides orientations, a basic course on desert ecology, specialized trainings in interpretation, horticulture and other areas, and a variety of continuing education opportunities for volunteers. A beautiful, color-illustrated guide with translations available in Spanish, German, French, Japanese, and Italian. A guide to plants and animals you may find in the Garden or in the desert mountain parks around Phoenix with translations available in Spanish, German, French, Japanese, and Italian. Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert Trail Guide Provides supplemental information about the uses of desert plans for food, fiber,construction, and other purposes. A booklet about the energy and water-saving features in Desert House.