Annual Events

Photography Classes Spring 2009

Call the Arboretum gift shop staff at (520) 689-2723 if you’d like to be on our email alert list for photography classes as they’re scheduled. Professional Photographers Joanne West, Mark Skalny and Bob Estrin, and Scottsdale artist Paul Kinslow, are just a few of the volunteers who share their talents teaching photography.

January 24, 2009: Australia Day

In the eucalyptus grove, 11 am to 3 pm.

February 13 & 14, 2009: Language of Flowers

Floral exhibit and chocolate tasting event. Flower exhibit open in the Smith Building Lecture Room daily from 8 am to 5 p.m. during business hours.

February 28, 2009: World Desert Fair

From 11 am - 3 pm. Sample food, crafts and cultures from continents with desert ecosystems all around the world with a walk around the 1.5 mile long main trail

March 21, 2009: Welcome Back Buzzards Day

Welcome Back Buzzrds Day.

March 2009: Spring Plant Sale.

Great savings on a huge array of potted trees, shrubs, herbs, flowers, cacti and other succulents. Visit the expanded website for more information. Or call (520) 689-2723 for event dates.

March 2009: Wildflower Walks

At Noon March 4, 7, 11, 15, 18, 21, 25 and 29; also April 1, 4, 8 and 12. Its wildflower season, learn to identify common varieties on a guided tour through Boyce Thompson Arboretum

April 2009: Wildflower Walks

At Noon on April 1, 4, 8, 12.

April 4, 2009: Artists at the Arboretum

Browse exhibit booths from dozens of Arizona artists from 9 am to 4 pm.

April 11, 2009: Herb Festival

Across from the Wing Memorial Herb Garden from 11 am to 3 pm.

April 25, 2009: Debut Butterfly Walk

At 9:30 am. (offered again May 23, June 27, July 25 and August 22). Learn to identify Queen, Pipevine Swallowtail and Sulphur butterflies on a guided walk through the gardens at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. 9:30 am.

May 2, 2009: Dragonfly Walk

Blue-eyed Darners look stunning close-up, so carry along your binoculars and learn to identify dragonflies on a guided walk at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. 9:30 am. (Also offered June 6, July 4 and August 1).

May 9, 2009: International Migratory Bird Day

Guided bird walks at 6:30 am and exhibitor booths from 8 until 11 am.

May 23, 2009: Bio-Blitz

The 2nd annual “Bio-Blitz” event bring researchers to the Arboretum for a day of citizen science — join the search for a wide range of native and migrant species which live at the Arboretum, and learn about Arizona ecology.

May 9, 2009: Learn Your Lizards Guided Walk

At 8:30 am on May 9, June 13, July 11 and August 8. Desert Spiny Lizards grow “big as bratwursts,” see these comical reptiles and others on a guided tour at Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

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