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| - I found the admission price a bit too steep ($15 for adults) plus $3.50 for the butterfly exhibit, but I'm not too grumpy. I am one of those people who thought the desert is arid and ugly. But after my visit to the Desert Botanical Garden yesterday, I stand corrected.
Part of my experience at the garden was because of the weather--breezy, cloudy, with just the right amount of sun. But the place is extremely well-maintained, well-labeled with directions, benches laid out thoughtfully every few steps, and easily navigable loops.
These loops or trails are: desert discovery loop which has some beautiful desert plants, plants and people of the Sonoran desert, which has model houses of the tribes that lived in the desert, an oasis, and some medicinal plants; the desert wildflower loop, which has flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies; and the Sonoran desert nature loop, which has a really beautiful lookout point for the mountains.
Oh, and we saw these AMAZING and breathtakingly beautiful masks by artist Gwynn Popovac.
A photographer's paradise, and a great place to get away for a few hours by yourself. I can see myself curled up on one of the shaded benches with a book :)
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