We waited until the very end of our time in Tuscon to see the botanical garden with the hope that some flowers would be in bloom. When we initially walked into the garden we went to the left and didn’t see much color but still walked around and enjoyed the beautiful sculptures. I also really liked the colorful benches and they had bee houses and a beautiful butterfly sculpture to honor the 1-1/2 million children that were killed in the holocaust.

Pretty quickly though we entered an area that was full of birds and it was really amazing. A couple were building nests and swooped very close to our heads and we got to see birds in holes in saguaro cacti which was super cool. Unfortunately, I didn’t get very good pictures of the birds but their song filled the area which was nice. We also walked around a corner and saw a VERY realistic statue of a velociraptor which made me jump a little 🙂

My favorite part though was the flower garden area which was an explosion of color. IT’s been months since we have seen flowers like this and it was beautiful. They also had several small gardens with colorful statues and various homemade flower pots which was great as well.

They also had a small butterfly garden which Lee loved. It was a bit claustrophobic for me but Lee stayed in a long time. There is a HUGE moth in there, the Atlas moth, with a wingspan of over 10 inches.

By far though the best area was the train area. They have a HUGE outdoor space with multiple trains and reproductions of famous buildings. The buildings were made by engineering students at the local college and judging by the Yellowstone Lodge reproduction (I’ve been inside the original) are very accurate. Lee had a blast in this area as did other kids big and small and I highly recommend bringing your kid to this garden because it is super kid friendly.

Lee made a video of this as well! Looks best full screen in 1080!

Finally they had a lovely gift shop and we were super impressed with the entire garden. They definitely have made the most of a relatively small space and I can’t say enough about how interactive it was.

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