Tucson Botanical Gardens

09/24/2026

Learn to GROW your own culinary MUSHROOMS! In this 2-hour workshop, instructor Chad Borseth will discuss the role fungi and mushrooms play in our ecology and go over cultivation and propagation techniques. We will also discuss the many benefits of fungi to the garden and gardener alike.

Participants will have the opportunity to create and take home a grow bag of oyster mushrooms, with the know-how to keep them going all season long. This class is intended as an easy, approachable guide to growing edible mushrooms at home without spending $$$ on equipment.

Seating is limited, RSVP today! TBG members receive 20% off all classes.

$45 Non-Member / $36 Member

09/24/2026

A little sneak peek for you! 🐤 Meet the new flock 💚
We've missed having the chickens at the Gardens, and we know you have too!

Leave some botanical name suggestions in the comments 🌿 we'll be letting everyone name a few of them!

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09/23/2026

Join us this Saturday for a PRESSED FLOWERS IN GLASS workshop with artist/instructor Alex Berger Clamons. She'll teach us how to make two beautiful glass coasters using locally harvested flowers. All materials are included in the class registration fee.

Seating is limited; reserve your spot today! All TBG members receive 20% off TBG classes.
https://tucsonbotanical.org/event/pressed-flowers-coaster/

A lush oasis in the heart of Tucson offering mature trees and expertly cultivated foliage, specialty gardens such as the Cactus & Succulent Garden, Barrio Garden, and Herb Garden highlight the diversity of native plants.

09/23/2026

Happy Fall! 🍂 The plants haven't gotten the memo and are still blooming all over the Gardens! Come for a visit and stop to smell the flowers 🌺🌼🌸

09/22/2026

Fill your outdoor spaces with VIBRANT COLOR ALL YEAR LONG. In this Zoom class, Noelle Johnson, aka “AZ Plant Lady,” will share how to use long-blooming plants, plan for overlapping seasons, and add color with paint, furniture, and containers. Real-life examples will inspire you to transform your garden into a lively, welcoming space bursting with beauty and personality.

Reserve your spot today, TBG members receive 20% off all classes.

09/21/2026

This weekend, a fire broke out just outside the walls of Tucson Botanical Gardens, damaging several of our mature yuccas. It’s upsetting and disheartening for our staff, neighbors and supporters to see this happen.

But a few damaged plants will not change who we are or what Tucson Botanical Gardens represents: a place of wonder in the midst of real life. A place where anyone can walk through the gates and find nature, art, and a warm welcome. Because real life grows here — and so do connection, resilience and community. That matters even more in the heart of a city.

We love this Garden. Our staff loves it. Our visitors love it. Our neighbors love it. 💚

And we still believe, perhaps today more than ever, that good things grow at Grant and Alvernon.

09/16/2026

NEW EXHIBIT: PORTAL: CROSSING OVER 🌵💫�featuring the talented

Think: desert textures, cosmic energy, and the boundary between earth and imagination. David Adix's new series transforms oil pastel and baltic birch into portals—inspired by the cactus, trees, and landscape that shaped his formalist eye. see how a self-taught artist translates the desert you know into something you've never seen before.

Ready to cross over? The Portal opens here at the gardens this Friday 5pm-7pm ✨

About the artist: David's journey started with collage and found materials, evolved into his signature sculptural Native Figures inspired by Giacometti, and now arrives here—a self-taught formalist who sees what the rest of us miss in the desert. his restless eye for landscape led him to oil pastels, and the results are unmissable. this is the work of someone who refused to follow a traditional path and made something entirely his own.

09/14/2026

Love having BRIGHT, CHEERFUL BLOOMS in your pots? This virtual class with The Potted Desert's Marylee Pangman will guide you through the steps to have 365 Days of Living Color for your container gardens.

Be inspired to do something different and expand your vision, imagination, and enjoyment of seeing beautiful plants in a container that thrive in your desert home.
- Determine the correct plants to combine in a pot for the upcoming season so that the display makes sense and is pleasing to the eye.
- Know the correct location to place your pots so they will do their best.
- Choose your color theme and learn how to make it happen.

This is a virtual class on Zoom, all registrations come with a video replay that you can enjoy at your convenience. TBG members receive 20% off all community classes. Reserve your spot today!

$36 Non-Member / $29 Member

09/14/2026

🐾Good Pups of the Week! 🐾
Sage & Chloe
Sherlock
Milo
DaVinci
Artu
Binx

Dog Days of Summer ends September 30! Make sure to bring your pup by for a garden visit before our fall season starts

09/09/2026

FLOWERS for FRIDA! Come sketch and paint Frida Kahlo’s silhouette on a vase and then learn to design a floral arrangement using Frida’s favorite FRESH FLOWERS. All art and floral materials will be provided, and participants will take their completed art project home.

Limited seating available, reserve your spot today! All TBG members receive 20% off classes.

$100 Non-Member / $80 Member