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Arizona Desert Adventure Join Olbrich Botanical Garden Director of Horticulture Jeff Epping on this Exclusive Exploration of the Southwest Escape the cold weather next February! Join Olbrich Botanical Garden Director of Horticulture Jeff Epping in for a fascinating warm weather botanical visit to Arizona. We’ll visit iconic southwestern horticultural sites such as the Desert Botanical Garden, Japanese

Larry Parkhurst Friendship Garden, Tohono Chul Gardens, The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Saguaro National Park, plus private nurseries and gardens. Along the way, we’ll also experience Taliesin See native flora and fauna at the Tohono Chul Park West, take a narrated Tram ride amongst the rich flora and fauna of Sabino Canyon, walk through the Biosphere 2, and experience delicious southwestern cooking. DAY 1—PHOENIX Blessed with 360 sunny days a year, Arizona offers flora and fauna at its best. Arrive today, and this evening get to know your fellow travelers at our welcome reception.

DAY 2—TALIESIN/DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN/RUSTLER’S ROOSTE This morning we tour Taliesin West, a UNESCO World Heritage site nestled in the McDowell Mountain desert foothills. Frank Lloyd Wright’s beloved winter home is deeply connected to the desert, and is considered one of the most personal of the Taliesin West architect’s creation. We’ll next visit the private House of Desert Gardens, located at the Boyce Thompson Phoenix Arboretum foot of . Demonstrating landscape architecture at its finest, the collection of garden galleries showcase a rich interplay of complementary plant species ARIZONA from arid regions around the world. The Arizona desert is home to thousands of species Biosphere 2 Tohono Chul of cactus, trees and flowers, and one of the best places to experience this awesome variety Tanque Tucson is at the Desert Botanical Garden. Over 50,000 are displayed here, including hundreds of Verde Ranch endangered species. Tonight, we enjoy dinner at Rustler’s Rooste, situated atop a butte of South Mountain. Once a hideout for cattle rustlers, we’ll enter through a mine shaft and saunter over an indoor waterfall. B, L, D

DAY 3—/BIOSPHERE 2 First off today is a visit to the Queen Creek Olive Mill, home of Arizona’s only working olive farm and mill. Here we learn first hand how olives are pressed into fresh extra virgin olive oil. Next we head into the desert to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Set against towering Picketpost Mountain, the Arboretum brings together plants from our planet’s many varied deserts and dry lands, displaying them alongside native Sonoran Desert vegetation. Later, one of the world’s most unique facilities dedicated to the research and understanding of global scientific issues hosts us. The Biosphere 2 facility serves as living laboratory where the desert, rainforest, ocean and other ecosystems are monitored and studied. We settle in for the next three evenings at the newly opened Embassy Suites in Tucson—where each room is a deluxe two room suite. B, L

DAY 4—PRIVATE GARDEN/SABINO CANYON/DUDE RANCH Two beautiful private gardens greet us this morning. The Melwood house, with its steel accents and colorful plantings, exudes a hip, urban vibe in one ______Discoveries Experience of Tucson’s oldest neighborhoods. 6 Days • 10 Meals It’s garden exemplifies what can be done, even in a small space, Feb 16-21, 2020 SOLD OUT to harvest water and encourage Feb 23-28, 2020 birds and pollinators. Then, we NEW DATE visit Greg Cormon’s home and Price Per Person: studio, featuring wildlife-habitat Phoenix Visit Double: $1,577; Single: $1,895 sculptures and other artistic Pre/Post Hotel: $218/night elements, plus stock tank gardens, mini water features, and a giant Depart/Return: Phoenix, AZ crested saguaro. Afterwards, we’ll enjoy some free time at Mercado San Agustin, an open-air courtyard Highlights & Inclusions lined with shops and restaurants. Marvel at the University of Arizona’s ______With soaring mountains and deep scientific discovery center, Biosphere 2 canyons, the unique plants and • Unpack just twice, two nights in animals of the Sonoran Desert welcome us this afternoon on a tram ride through Sabino Canyon. Phoenix and three nights in Tucson We experience desert foothills, rocky gorges, spectacular canyons, and more. Tonight we travel “out • Iconic Arizona botanical sites, including west”...well, at least figuratively…to the Tanque Verde Dude Ranch for a down-home ranch BBQ experience. All the fixn’s will be available, along with live music, a roaring fire, and an incredible Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tohono backdrop against the . B, D Chul, and Desert Botanical Gardens • Take in the beauty of Saguaro DAY 5—TOHONO CHUL/ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM This morning, embrace the authentic beauty of the Sonoran Desert at Tohono Chul, set against National Park at sunset the spectacular . Named “One of the World’s Ten Best Botanical • Private nursery and garden visits Gardens” by Travel & Leisure, Tohono Chul offers winding paths past soaring Saguaros, themed • Off-the-beaten-path experiences, gardens and encounters with busy hummingbirds. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, ranked as one of the Top 10 Museums in such as Boyce Thompson Arboretum the Country by Trip Advisor, is and Arizona Biosphere 2 different than most—85% of the • Tram ride through Sabino Canyon experience is outdoors. Besides Meet Jeff Epping, plant life, 242 animal species are Olbrich Botanical Gardens • Visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West on display, as is one of the world’s Director of Horticulture • Scrumptious western dinners most comprehensive mineral at Rustler’s Rooste and Tanque collections…you’ll have ample time Jeff Epping has been Director of Horticulture to explore. The giant saguaro, our at Olbrich Botanical Gardens for 25 years. He Verde Dude Ranch country’s largest cacti, is only found oversees the horticultural operations and garden • Welcome reception, 24-hour emergency in a small area of the United States. designs of over ten inspirational display gardens, call service, free bottled water on coach These majestic plants, are a famous show-casing the best symbol of the Southwest and plants for south-central protected by Saguaro National Park. Wisconsin. Epping and Tonight, relax at the hotel enjoying a his staff have practiced Quality Accommodations magnificent desert sunset with your and preached sustainable ______traveling companions. B, L gardening for years, Nights 1-2: Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport which is reflected in their Nights 3-5: Embassy Suites Tucson East DAY 6—JAPANESE environmentally friendly FRIENDSHIP GARDEN cultural practices and On our way home we will stop at innovative award winning the Japanese Friendship Garden of garden designs. CountryTravelDiscoveries.com/AZG Phoenix, an authentic Japanese Stroll A graduate of the Garden with tea garden and tea University of Wisconsin-Madison, Epping holds house. This tranquil setting features a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Ornamental more than 1,500 tons of hand-picked Horticulture. He served as Propagator and rock, flowing streams, Koi ponds, Nursery Manager at the Chicago Botanic Garden and several varieties of plants. After, before joining the staff at Olbrich. Epping we head to the Phoenix airport regularly lectures and teaches throughout the and our starting hotel with plenty Midwest on landscape plants and designs for of memories of gorgeous southern northern gardens. He also writes for regional and Arizona and its colorful plants, national horticultural journals. flowers, landscapes and wildlife. B x Olbrich Botanical Gardens | Arizona Desert Adventure | Feb 23-28, 2020

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