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Celebrate Spooky Scottsdale Events this Halloween

With Halloween less than a week away, it’s time to start looking at all of the spooktacular events that Scottsdale has to offer.

Start out the Halloween season by visiting the Desert Botanical Garden’s 8th annual Great Pumpkin Festival Oct. 22-Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Experience a weekend festival that brings [...]

Desert Botanical Garden works to preserve the Sonoran Desert

Since 1939, the Desert Botanical Garden has been home to one of the finest and most diverse collections of succulent plants, including rare, threatened and endangered species from around the Southwest.  It is the only botanical garden in the world whose mission, from its early inception, was to focus solely on desert plants and one [...]

Things to do in Scottsdale, Arizona

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Scottsdale offers a wide range of activities and attractions for the most discerning of visitors. Here are a few of the best things to do in Scottsdale, Arizona. Click on each one to read more information about it.

Old Town Scottsdale
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West
Scottsdale Museum Of Contemporary Art
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
McCormick-Stillman Railroad [...]

Fall Events Flourish at Desert Botanical Garden

Take me to your leader, originally uploaded by AshSLO.

The Desert Botanical Garden gives visitors new ways to enjoy Mother Nature with its fall calendar of events. The Garden’s schedule includes old favorites such as the Fall Music in the Garden Series that brings live jazz, blues and Latin music under the desert stars, as well [...]

Arizona Highways Magazine’s Chihuly: The Nature of Glass Photo Contest

Submit your best photographs of Dale Chihuly’s stunning and unique glass sculptures from the current Desert Botanical Garden exhibit, Chihuly: The Nature of Glass and become eligible to win an Arizona Highways Photo Workshop from Friends of Arizona Highways.
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Pictures from the Chihuly Exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden

Chihuly: The Nature of Glass

April 20 – May 04
Recurring weekly on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Times: See website for details
Location: Desert Botanical Garden
Phone: (480) 481-8188
Admission: See website for details

Renowned artist Dale Chihuly will be presenting Chihuly: The Nature of Glass, featuring new and unique works of glass artfully located throughout the Garden. His work is immediately [...]

Festival ArtWalk is “A Glass Act”

 
Scottsdale is throwing a joint celebration for two of its longest-running arts events – the Scottsdale ArtWalk and the 39th Annual Scottsdale Arts Festival. Together, the events are presenting the Glass Act Festival ArtWalk on Thursday, March 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. in downtown Scottsdale. The Arts Festival kicks off the following day and [...]

Desert Botanical Garden Luminaries and Chihuly Exhibit

D. Patrick Lewis created an awesome montage of his recent visit to the Desert Botanical Garden. Please enjoy the photos and get out to see this awesome display.

Las Noches de las Luminarias

Whether you’re a longtime supporter or new fan of Las Noches de las Luminarias at the Desert Botanical Garden, make sure you get over there this holiday season. For more than 30 years, the event has been a must-see Scottsdale tradition but its combination with the whimsical Chihuly: The Nature of Glass exhibit has [...]

‘Tis the Season for Desert Celebrations in Scottsdale

While much of the country is experiencing frigid temperatures and cold winter weather in December, Scottsdale averages 67 degrees Fahrenheit as a high, making it an ideal time to experience the destination’s outdoors and partake in a variety of holiday events.
Nestled amid the red buttes of Papago Park, the Desert [...]