The Desert Botanical Garden is a 140 acres (57 ha) botanical garden located in Phoenix, Arizona. The garden has many special desert plants and cacti flowers; and many beautiful birds are happy there.
Some specimens may live for more than 150 years….They grow slowly from seed, and never from cuttings. Whenever it rains, saguaros soak up the rainwater. The cactus will visibly expand, holding in the water. It conserves the water and slowly consumes it. — Wikipedia
This is not a cool shot, but it’s my first time capturing a flying hummingbird. 🙂
Arizona is the hummingbird capital of U.S. Does it surprise you?
Ingrid and her husband have traveled many places in Arizona. She shares her adventures through her fabulous Live Laugh RV blog. Take a look of her beautiful photos and the travel information. Click HERE.
Jo is taking us to PODZIEMIA for a walk. “1000 years of the city’s history are represented here, in a project that took 5 years to excavate.”
Thank you for visiting.
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81 thoughts on “Monday Walk: The Desert Botanical Garden”
This was one of my favorite places when we lived in Phoenix. I especially love to visit when they have their luminary displays at Christmas.
Hi Amy,
Thanks for the pictures. 🙂 Now that’s a place to go and look around – most definitely. I really like that shot of a bird on top of a saguaro. Oh, and the hummingbird, too. Aren’t they cute creatures? But difficult to capture as they flit around so fast. Years ago I managed to capture some when we stayed in a cabin [http://tinyurl.com/lzfgxog] in Cain City.
Have a great Memorial Day,
Pit
They fly fast, too fast and they are so tiny! I really enjoyed visiting Arizona. Btw, great biking trails in Grand Canyon, and you can rent a bike. Is that cool!
Great photos. You are making me miss Arizona more than I have been already. When we winter there, I love watching the hummers, and seeing the early flowers bloom.
Thanks, Amy, for the advice re biking trails. 🙂 When we go there – and some time it will happen – we’ll take our own bicycles, though. We’ve just gotten ourselves a bicycles rack for the car. For this year, we’re still planning to drive – slowly and with interruptions – all the way up to WV, taking our bicycles with us, to ride rail trails and other scenic routes.
Have a great day,
Pit
They don’t allow private cars driving in Grand Canyon, which is a good thing! You either walk, bike, or hop on a bus. I heard the rail train tour in Grand Canyon is very enjoyable, we didn’t try.
If you stay inside of GC, you can find a parking spot; otherwise, you have to park at the visitor center, which can be crowded. Maybe off season is better.We went the week when AZ college students were off school. Lots of young students hiking and biking there.
Oh, Amy!!! I was enthralled by this post! Your images are breathtaking and magical, just like I said breathtaking! Thank you SO much for showing me a part of the world I only dream of going to see. I also thank you for the information you gave in this post. Great job, my friend!! I truly enjoyed this walk with you! Love, Amy ❤
It’s such a fascinating state due to the landscape. I should soon do a couple of posts of the canyons we visited. Thank you for visiting here when you are busy with your garden and everything else. Great photo you posted. I love, love it. 🙂 ❤
so many wonderful photos. I especially like the pink and yellow flowers. I forget that the desert produces beauty too. great job capturing the flying hummingbird! thanks for sharing 🙂
I’m so glad you managed to get in a trip to the Botanical Garden. The plants there are so unique and fascinating. Hummers are extremely difficult to capture as those little guys are super fast. Sorry we had already pulled out of Phoenix before you arrived. I would’ve loved meeting. Thank you for the kind mention 🙂
I really enjoyed the tour of the Botanical Garden, Ingrid. These plants are unique and fascinating. I recalled the beautiful post you did a few weeks ago while strolling the garden. We spent many days in Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon, and Antelope, so much to see in Arizona. 🙂
Good morning, Amy. How nice to see these photos! We were there in Feb. — my first visit of Arizona and loved it! I think we saw the same bird 😉 Your photo is much better! Was it hot when you were there? It was hot in Feb.
Have a great day!
My photo is better… that is a compliment, Helen. It was between mid 80s and high 80s most of the time, that is not hot for Phoenix. 🙂 Hope to see you photos later. 🙂
Amy these are incredible photos. amazing to know some plants are over 150 years old! I had no idea about the hummingbirds being so prevalent in Arizona!
Are they, really? Thank you for liking them. I got almost too many photos from this trip, I lost track of the good and bad shots. 🙂 Birds were very happy in the Dessert Garden.
oh my goodness, those photos are lovely! they wouldn’t load this morning but i am now in town.. yippee, i have made a trip to arizona and meandered thru the gardens thanks to you!
I haven’t been back there for a few years and I understand they have made a lot of improvements. But I LOVE it there. I will be down in Phoenix for a wedding and for another family visit twice this summer. I am hoping to make a stop in while we are there. Thank you for taking me back!
If you go, try to get there early in the early morning or evening. Good time to see flowers, butterflies, and birds. Also, the town in Scottsdale is lovely! 🙂
So breathtaking Amy, that top yellow one is the Milo flower, named so in Hawaian for “great one”, here it grows right in the sand by the ocean. Seems like a wonderful place, thanks for sharing it.
great walk amy – and the yellow photo that was featured image is my fav – it has such pale color and then to the side – but the whole place looks nice (and prickly )
Thank you so much Amy for taking me along with you for this wonderful walk through an Arizonian Desert Botanical Garden. I think your photo of the flying hummingbird is very cool indeed (I miss them, we don’t get them in England, and I used to love watching them coming to the feeders I kept outside my kitchen window in California) and I had no idea that Arizona is the hummingbird capital of the US. Love all your gorgeous photos as always, especially the sweet bird (dove?) on top of the cactus 🙂
I was surprised to read about AZ is the hummingbird capital of US! I haven’t been able to attract them in my yard. Thank you for complimenting these photos,and birds, Sherri. Dessert flowers are so special. 🙂
That’s a large area given over to cacti, Amy, and don’t they look in beautiful condition? You have some lovely shots. 🙂 Yay for the humming bird! Thanks a lot for the link 🙂
Those hummingbird are hard to capture but you did quite well! I did not know Arizona was the hummingbird capitol of the US. We have visitors here but not too many this year. Excellent photos! I enjoyed them very much.
This was one of my favorite places when we lived in Phoenix. I especially love to visit when they have their luminary displays at Christmas.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the visit of the Garden and the amazing landscape we have seen in Arizona. So much to see there…
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Yes there is Amy.
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Beautiful photos!! 😍
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Thank you for visiting, Glaiza! 🙂
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You’re welcome!! 🙂
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Hi Amy,
Thanks for the pictures. 🙂 Now that’s a place to go and look around – most definitely. I really like that shot of a bird on top of a saguaro. Oh, and the hummingbird, too. Aren’t they cute creatures? But difficult to capture as they flit around so fast. Years ago I managed to capture some when we stayed in a cabin [http://tinyurl.com/lzfgxog] in Cain City.
Have a great Memorial Day,
Pit
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They fly fast, too fast and they are so tiny! I really enjoyed visiting Arizona. Btw, great biking trails in Grand Canyon, and you can rent a bike. Is that cool!
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An inspiring walk, really enjoyed it… 🙂
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Thank you for your comment, Drake!
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Great photos. You are making me miss Arizona more than I have been already. When we winter there, I love watching the hummers, and seeing the early flowers bloom.
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Beautiful, fascinating State! How wonderful to see Hummers and flowers bloom in the winter time. 🙂 Btw, I really enjoyed visiting Scottsdale.
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Great shots, including the one of the hummingbird. It’s a hard bird to photograph, for me anyway.
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Thank you for your compliment, Hien! I don’t know I’ll be able to capture hummingbird again. 🙂
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Thanks, Amy, for the advice re biking trails. 🙂 When we go there – and some time it will happen – we’ll take our own bicycles, though. We’ve just gotten ourselves a bicycles rack for the car. For this year, we’re still planning to drive – slowly and with interruptions – all the way up to WV, taking our bicycles with us, to ride rail trails and other scenic routes.
Have a great day,
Pit
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They don’t allow private cars driving in Grand Canyon, which is a good thing! You either walk, bike, or hop on a bus. I heard the rail train tour in Grand Canyon is very enjoyable, we didn’t try.
If you stay inside of GC, you can find a parking spot; otherwise, you have to park at the visitor center, which can be crowded. Maybe off season is better.We went the week when AZ college students were off school. Lots of young students hiking and biking there.
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Thx, Amy, for allthe advice. 🙂
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There is a unique beauty to cacti that I find compelling, and you did an excellent job here of capturing it, Amy. 🙂
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I have learned much about cacti from this beautiful garden. Love to hear from your comment, Jet! 🙂
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Beautiful Amy! I love Arizona and the beauty of the desert.
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I was fascinated with the landscape. So glad we went. Thank you, Nicole!
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Oh, Amy!!! I was enthralled by this post! Your images are breathtaking and magical, just like I said breathtaking! Thank you SO much for showing me a part of the world I only dream of going to see. I also thank you for the information you gave in this post. Great job, my friend!! I truly enjoyed this walk with you! Love, Amy ❤
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It’s such a fascinating state due to the landscape. I should soon do a couple of posts of the canyons we visited. Thank you for visiting here when you are busy with your garden and everything else. Great photo you posted. I love, love it. 🙂 ❤
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so many wonderful photos. I especially like the pink and yellow flowers. I forget that the desert produces beauty too. great job capturing the flying hummingbird! thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thank you, Tobyo! I was surprised to see these flowers and birds in a dessert garden. 🙂 Happy to see you!
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I was frustrated last year in trying to lure hummingbirds to our garden. None showed up. They were busy in Arizona.
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I have given up on luring Hummingbirds… They are happy in AZ. 🙂
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I’m so glad you managed to get in a trip to the Botanical Garden. The plants there are so unique and fascinating. Hummers are extremely difficult to capture as those little guys are super fast. Sorry we had already pulled out of Phoenix before you arrived. I would’ve loved meeting. Thank you for the kind mention 🙂
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I really enjoyed the tour of the Botanical Garden, Ingrid. These plants are unique and fascinating. I recalled the beautiful post you did a few weeks ago while strolling the garden. We spent many days in Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon, and Antelope, so much to see in Arizona. 🙂
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Great job catching the speedy hummingbird, and your cactus pics are gorgeous!
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I tried… I couldn’t even track them with my eyes. 🙂 Thank you for stopping by, SueBee!
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Superb Amy, as usual from you! Lovely garden that I would like to visit~
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This garden is so unusual, yet beautiful. I was surprised to see so many birds. 🙂 Thank you for visiting, Cindy! ❤
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Beautiful cacti and flowers, Amy. That humming bird photo is great.
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Thank you, Angeline! I couldn’t see these humming birds through the bushes, they were tiny and fast. 🙂
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Good morning, Amy. How nice to see these photos! We were there in Feb. — my first visit of Arizona and loved it! I think we saw the same bird 😉 Your photo is much better! Was it hot when you were there? It was hot in Feb.
Have a great day!
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My photo is better… that is a compliment, Helen. It was between mid 80s and high 80s most of the time, that is not hot for Phoenix. 🙂 Hope to see you photos later. 🙂
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Fascinating things I never knew about Phoenix… The botanic Garden looks wonderful – these are ALL beautiful photos!
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My first trip to Phoenix. We spent a couple of days there since we flew in and out from Phoenix. Appreciate you comment, Bj! ❤
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Amy these are incredible photos. amazing to know some plants are over 150 years old! I had no idea about the hummingbirds being so prevalent in Arizona!
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Are they, really? Thank you for liking them. I got almost too many photos from this trip, I lost track of the good and bad shots. 🙂 Birds were very happy in the Dessert Garden.
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The desert landscape and vegetation is a world of its own.
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Thank you for commenting. I really enjoy the walk you shared with us. But, I haven’t been able to add comment to it 😕 Sorry about that.
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oh my goodness, those photos are lovely! they wouldn’t load this morning but i am now in town.. yippee, i have made a trip to arizona and meandered thru the gardens thanks to you!
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Thank you for visiting, Z! The garden is pretty than I expected. Glad you get to load the photos. 🙂
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I haven’t been back there for a few years and I understand they have made a lot of improvements. But I LOVE it there. I will be down in Phoenix for a wedding and for another family visit twice this summer. I am hoping to make a stop in while we are there. Thank you for taking me back!
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If you go, try to get there early in the early morning or evening. Good time to see flowers, butterflies, and birds. Also, the town in Scottsdale is lovely! 🙂
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Great shots, Amy. I visited the gardens in March. They are spectacular. –Patti
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Thank you, Patti! March probably is better time to visit the gardens. 🙂
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So breathtaking Amy, that top yellow one is the Milo flower, named so in Hawaian for “great one”, here it grows right in the sand by the ocean. Seems like a wonderful place, thanks for sharing it.
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(I meant the #6 shot)
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Maria Always good to learn something about plants and flowers from you. 🙂
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The desert is full of life and beauty!! Gorgeous images Amy!
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It grows beautiful flowers and plants. Amazing. Thank you, Cybele. 🙂
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Love them all especially the third photo with a bird on top. Mind you, I have soft spot for hummers.
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Thank you for visiting and comment, Pepertua. The bird on top is my fav. one. 🙂 There were lot of hummers in the garden. So glad you are back to WP. 🙂
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Arizona has amazing beauties!
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It really is. The landscape is so different. Thank you, Aletta!
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great walk amy – and the yellow photo that was featured image is my fav – it has such pale color and then to the side – but the whole place looks nice (and prickly )
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I like that one too, Yvette. I don’t know much about dessert flowers. Maria said that they grow in sands. I have seen a lot in AZ. Thank you, Y! 🙂
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sure is such unique place
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Thanks for the tour Amy…really enjoyed it…The cacti are so beautiful !
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Thank you for taking a tour here, Sweety! It was a great place to get to know these plants. 🙂
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Beautiful images Amy! I love the lighting of the cacti images especially the second one 🙂
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So glad you like the lighting of the second one, Indah. This garden is different from the botanical garden. 🙂
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beautiful photos, as always, Amy! 150 years lifespan for a cactus is just amazing. Wow! 🙂
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Thank you, Lola! I got to learn much about these plants from this trip. 🙂
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Thank you so much Amy for taking me along with you for this wonderful walk through an Arizonian Desert Botanical Garden. I think your photo of the flying hummingbird is very cool indeed (I miss them, we don’t get them in England, and I used to love watching them coming to the feeders I kept outside my kitchen window in California) and I had no idea that Arizona is the hummingbird capital of the US. Love all your gorgeous photos as always, especially the sweet bird (dove?) on top of the cactus 🙂
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I was surprised to read about AZ is the hummingbird capital of US! I haven’t been able to attract them in my yard. Thank you for complimenting these photos,and birds, Sherri. Dessert flowers are so special. 🙂
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I love your posts Amy 🙂 I hope you do get some hummingbirds in your garden one day soon…
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Wonderful Amy, the walk and series of photos.
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So glad you like the series, Mary! Thank you for visiting. 🙂
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That’s a large area given over to cacti, Amy, and don’t they look in beautiful condition? You have some lovely shots. 🙂 Yay for the humming bird! Thanks a lot for the link 🙂
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It was a pleasant walk. I have never seen these many desert plants, Jo. So glad I could share the walk with you.
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Lovely walk for us this week.
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Always happy to have your company here, Raewyn! 🙂 Thank you!
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Those hummingbird are hard to capture but you did quite well! I did not know Arizona was the hummingbird capitol of the US. We have visitors here but not too many this year. Excellent photos! I enjoyed them very much.
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Thank you so much for your comment, CC! They were busy in the desert garden. 🙂
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These are wonderful photos Amy – incredible to see these gardens in a desert and great shot of the hummingbird! 🙂
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If your gorgeous photos are anything to go by I’d love it there!
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