Our first luminaria night at The Desert Botanical Gardens. Installations of Bruce Monroe's conceptual light and fiber optic art enhanced the evening. What we didn't know is that you should really go for the music. A night desert stroll, candlelit by thousands of luminarias and different musical groups interspersed throughout with coffee and wine bars (hot drinks are not hot enough) with heaters and seating make a relaxed and enjoyable event. Plan to spend several hours, wear walking shoes and bring gloves and a hat to go with your scarf...it gets cold out on those trails! We got there at 5:30 and took in a sunset over the Papago mountains and cactus spiring into the night sky. Dinner at Gertrude's was good but not as good as the beauty of the desert.
I'll go again, especially if there's garden art too!