Tucson Botanical Gardens
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Friday November 28 6:00pm - Sunday January 11 9:30pm MST
LightsUp! A Festival of Illumination
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonGet Tickets Thousands of LED lights illuminate the trees and custom-built, oversized structures delight the senses. The light tunnel, dancing cypress trees, traditional punched-tin trees, a brand-new crescent moon, and a dazzling ......More
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Monday December 15 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Mistletoe Arrangement: Crepe Paper Design
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister Here$60 Non-Member / $48 Member Class Capacity 12 Let’s celebrate a wonderful Holiday at the end of this year by making a crepe paper Mistletoe ornament. You will learn how to create a simple bouquet with small green crepe......More
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Monday December 15 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister Here$30 Non-Member / $24 Member Ducks, geese, and swans are familiar birds around the world, plying waters from the Arctic Ocean to tropical forest and city parks. Waterfowl exhibit a huge range of sizes, habitats, and ap......More
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Tuesday December 16 7:00pm - 8:45pm MST
Arizona Women's Chorus Performance
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonLightsUp! TicketsThis event is included with LightsUp! Admission. Arizona Women’s Chorus will be performing holiday favorites during LightsUp! on December 16th. There will be two 45-minute performances at 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Come......More
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Wednesday December 17 10:00am - 10:30am MST
Garden Story Time
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonGarden AdmissionThis event is free with admission Join us for nature-themed stories, songs, puppets, and sensory activities! Children of all ages are welcome, but the program is geared toward children aged 2 to 7 years old. Gar......More
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Wednesday December 31 7:00pm - 9:00pm MST
It's Midnight Somewhere!
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonLightsUp! Tickets If staying up till midnight to welcome in the New Year is not your cup of hot cocoa, join us for a little early Auld Lang Syne! Bring the whole family together on New Year’s Eve to celebrate the imminent arrival ......More
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Saturday January 10 6:00pm - 8:30pm MST
HeadlightsUp!
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonLightsUp! TicketsThis event is included with LightsUp! Admission HeadlightsUp! A Holiday Vintage Car Show to celebrate Tucson Botanical Gardens’ 50th Anniversary! Decked out in their very finest holiday lights, vintage cars are re......More
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Monday January 12 10:00am - 12:30pm MST
Paper Dahlias
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister Here$60 Non-Member / $48 Member Class Capacity 12 In this class you will create a beautiful Crepe Paper Dahlia with petals, leaves and steam. You will learn how to assemble a gorgeous paper flower with all pre-cut paper t......More
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Tuesday January 13 10:00am - 11:30am MST
Pest Management Around Your Home and Garden - Poison Free
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister Here$30 Non-Member / $24 Member Class Capacity 24 Kathy Neff has lived in the Tanque Verde Watershed for 39 years. Upon rewilding her home yard, the unexpected challenge of managing pests became a necessary part of steward......More
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Wednesday January 14 2:00pm - 3:30pm MST
Botanical Illustration: Drawing Desert Flowers
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister Here$30 Non-Member / $24 Member The desert is full of inspiration. Draw on the unique beauty around us and use basic techniques to create illustrations of desert flowers. Open to all skill levels. Please supply your own a......More
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Thursday January 15 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Container Gardening Delight: Colorful Winter Oasis in Your Desert Pots
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister Here$36 Non-Member / $29 Member Instructor Marylee PangmanMarylee Pangman founded The Contained Gardener in 1998 as a niche business in the desert community of Tucson, Arizona. Since then, Marylee has been compelled to s......More
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Saturday January 17 10:30am - 11:30am MST
Rooted in Design: 50 Years of Public Garden Architecture at TBG
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister HereFree with Admissions Capacity 60 A panel discussion featuring speakers who played an integral part in the Tucson Botanical Gardens’ design aesthetic, functionality, and success. Panelists include: Margaret Livingston, ......More
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Tuesday January 20 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Woodpeckers of the World
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister Here$30 Non-Member / $24 Member Woodpeckers are spectacular birds – colorful, industrious, and conspicuous. The Feathered Family Portrait series continues with a global look at the Picidae, which also includes flickers, s......More
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Wednesday January 21 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Roses: Winter Pruning for Spring Blooms
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister Here$30 Non-Member / $24 Member Class Capacity 30 Join Terry Swartz, President of the Rose Society of Tucson and Consulting Rosarian, to learn how to prepare you roses to bloom this November. This hands-on demonstration wi......More
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Wednesday January 21 5:30pm - 7:00pm MST
Botanical Art in Ink: Iris
Artist’s Talk featuring Marilyn JohnsonRegister Here$30 Non-Member / $24 Member Celebrate the beauty of TBG’s vibrant Iris gardens! Using photo references from last year’s stunning blooms, we’ll explore how to capture the graceful forms of irises by breaking them down ......More
