Family
This event is free with Garden Admission Join us every Wednesday at 10 am in the Education Classroom for an interactive story session. This fun hour features nature-themed stories, songs, puppets, and sensory activities! Held rain or shine. Kids of all ages welcome, but we are geared toward infants through 7-year-olds. Registration is not necessary. […]
Special, Frida, Talks
Free with Garden Admission. Registration required. Capacity 50 Frida Kahlo’s Wardrobe: A Photographic Journey through the Artist’s Life invites you on a vivid exploration of the cultural roots behind one of the world’s most iconic artists. Drawing on personal photos and memories from her 2020 travels in Mexico, Robyn Waters—former Vice President of Trend and Design […]
Family
This event is free with Garden Admission Join us every Wednesday at 10 am in the Education Classroom for an interactive story session. This fun hour features nature-themed stories, songs, puppets, and sensory activities! Held rain or shine. Kids of all ages welcome, but we are geared toward infants through 7-year-olds. Registration is not necessary. […]
Special
This event is free. Registration is recommended. Join Vicky Stromee and Catherine Harold to celebrate the opening of their new photography exhibit, Walking with Kings. Upcoming Classes
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To be put on the waitlist, please contact Sophie Aldana at (520) 326-9686 ext. 109 SOLD OUT!To be put on the waitlist, please contact Sophie Aldana at (520) 326-9686 ext. 109 This experience offers guests a full day of relaxing fun, viewing distinctive landscapes and home design, and talking with homes’ docents and homeowners about […]
Special, Horticultural Therapy
$30 Non-Member / $24 Member Capacity 20 Celebrate the energy of the Spring Equinox! Join us in creating your own pressed-plant artwork that you will take home, as well as learn how to press your own flowers. All materials provided. The TBG Horticultural Therapy Department is launching a pilot program for Tucson-area healthcare workers and […]
Family
This event is free with Admission Join us every Wednesday at 10 am in the Education Classroom for an interactive story session. This fun hour features nature-themed stories, songs, puppets, and sensory activities! Held rain or shine. Kids of all ages welcome, but we are geared toward infants through 7-year-olds. Registration is not necessary. Free […]
Talks, Special
This event is free Registration is through Agave Heritage Festival The Howard Scott Gentry Award honors those who have advanced the understanding and care of agaves and desert plants, continuing the legacy of Gentry’s foundational research in the Sonoran Desert.In 2026, we recognize Wendy Hodgson, who is honored for her decades of leadership in agave and desert plant […]
Family
This event is free with Garden Admission Join us every Wednesday at 10 am in the Education Classroom for an interactive story session. This fun hour features nature-themed stories, songs, puppets, and sensory activities! Held rain or shine. Kids of all ages welcome, but we are geared toward infants through 7-year-olds. Registration is not necessary. […]
Family
This event is free with Garden Admission Join us every Wednesday at 10 am in the Education Classroom for an interactive story session. This fun hour features nature-themed stories, songs, puppets, and sensory activities! Held rain or shine. Kids of all ages welcome, but we are geared toward infants through 7-year-olds. Registration is not necessary. […]
Special, Frida, Talks
Free with Gardens admission Capacity 50 The Art Talk is titled "Frida Kahlo - Her Art is Her Life Story." It will help you better understand her amazing popularity today, and why museums worldwide are hosting shows and botanical gardens to highlight her art and her Casa Azul home garden in Mexico City. It is exciting to learn […]
Frida, Special
$25 Non-Member / $20 Member Capacity 50 Zuzi Dance will present a revival of Frida Kahlo: Blood and Gold at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. Originally premiered in 2012, this evocative work reflects the life, spirit, and artistic legacy of Frida Kahlo through powerful movement, vivid imagery, and emotional depth. Set against the lush backdrop of the gardens, the […]
Frida, Special
$25 Non-Member / $20 Member Capacity 50 Zuzi Dance will present a revival of Frida Kahlo: Blood and Gold at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. Originally premiered in 2012, this evocative work reflects the life, spirit, and artistic legacy of Frida Kahlo through powerful movement, vivid imagery, and emotional depth. Set against the lush backdrop of the […]
Family
This event is free with Garden Admission Join us every Wednesday at 10 am in the Education Classroom for an interactive story session. This fun hour features nature-themed stories, songs, puppets, and sensory activities! Held rain or shine. Kids of all ages welcome, but we are geared toward infants through 7-year-olds. Registration is not necessary. […]
Special, Talks
Free with Gardens admission Capacity 50 Nests are not just for the birds. Phil Lichtenhan has taken the form of the nest and made it his own in this enchanting collection of sculptures. Not unlike a bird, Lichtenhan carefully gathers materials with which to weave a suitable nest: weathered industrial items such as wire, barbed […]
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A walk through TBG is a lesson in gardening from the 1920's to today's contemporary gardening practices.