3 Botanical and Bird Gardens in 3 Days

Tuesday afternoon I visited Arizona’s oldest botanical garden, Boyce Thompson Arboretum from 1929 with Desert plants from deserts around the world. Yesterday I drove towards Tucson and walked around Oracle State Park, a former ranch with a Mediterranean inspired house and great birding thanks to feeding stations. Today: a whole day in the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, half zoo for native animals, half botanical garden. It was absolutely great! And tonight it’s raining… desert rain…Read more