It's crazy that I've lived in Phoenix my entire life and I've never visited the Desert Botanical Garden - seemed so BORING to me! Well, I guess I've grown up and what I thought would be boring is PEACEFUL and BEAUTIFUL.
I didn't get a chance to explore everywhere as I had my two young daughters with me and we headed almost straight to the Butterfly Pavilion. If you have young children this is a NO MISS. It's a wonderful place to spend an hour or so. Not knowing anything about butterflies myself, I was grateful there were plenty of knowledgeable staff/volunteers to answer questions. In fact, everyone I ran seemed really happy to be there.