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  • Desert Botanical Garden certainly has an impressive collection of desert plants such as cacti, agave, yucca, and aloe. While I did enjoy my visit, September is just not a good time to visit this garden because (1) all guided tour starts on October 1st and ends on either April or May, (2) Las Noches de las Luminarias (from 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM - tickets available on the website) starts after Thanksgiving and continues until the end of the year, (3) Patio CafĂ© only opens from October to May, (4) Fall Butterfly Exhibit starts on September 30th, 2017 to November 19th, 2017, (5) Flashlight Tours are only available from the end of May to the beginning of September, and (6) September is still a relatively hot month in the Phoenix area. So yes, I missed a lot of good stuffs this garden has to offer. Admission: $24.95 per adult; free admission on the second Tuesday of every month. The garden is comprised of five major loop trails: Desert Discovery Loop Trail (garden's main trail), Plants & People of the Sonoran Desert Loop Trail (how plants have been used for cultural purposes), Sonoran Desert Nature Loop Trail (feature vistas of distance mountains and close-up views of the surrounding dessert), Center for Desert Living Trail (how to grow food or garden for pleasure), and Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Loop Trail (how wildflowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies). Our group came here at 10:30 AM and was able to finish most of the garden in 2 hours. There is a vending machine that only sells water bottles inside the Visitor Center and you can refill water at multiple refill stations around the garden. Unfortunately, water from these stations had an earthy aftertaste. My friend disliked the water from refill stations so much that he bought more water bottles at the Visitor Center even though the volunteer at the Visitor Center tried to discourage him from buying more water bottles (my friend didn't buy the "you just have to get used to the local water taste" argument). The best time period to come here is definitely October ~ April (ideally November or December for the Las Noches de las Luminarias). Overall I do think the admission ticket is a bit expensive if you come here in September because you are limit to the self guided tour, but I would still recommend this prolific and dazzling garden to any visitors.
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