We finally made it to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. It’s been on my list of places to explore since my daughter lived in AZ in 2019. My husband asked what I wanted to do for Mother’s Day. I discovered that moms got in for free on Sunday, so that seemed like the perfect day to go. Me and thousands of other moms agreed. Despite the crowd, we found ourselves enjoying the garden so much we became members.
The Desert Botanical Garden is 140 acres of beautiful trails, labeled desert plants and currently there is a Chihuly exhibit! If you haven’t heard of Chihuly, he’s a famous glass artist who creates in Western Washington, where I grew up.
Afterwards, we went to one of my favorite restaurant’s Lure Fish House where I had Kumomoto oysters (my favorite) on the half shell and ling cod.
My kids called several times and I loved talking to them.











What is your idea of a perfect Mother’s Day? Did you do anything special?
It’s a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing
I’m so excited we finally went there and will return often.
It looks like you had a lovely Mother’s Day! 🙂
It was very nice, although I missed my kids!
Wow, beautiful!
It was!
Oh what fun! Loved the colored glass sculptures. Spent my day working in the studio while watching the Giants play and then watched Hamilton with our youngest. Ordered dinner in so I didn’t have to cook, not that I do much of that for the family anyway. It was a very nice day.
It must have been a nice day to spend time with your family!
That first chihuly is spectacular!
I’m so glad we saw the exhibit. It’s gone in a few weeks.
I love Chihuly’s work. I saw some at the Denver Botanical Gardens. Others have shared his work they’ve seen in other places. I love the desert and his pieces fit in so well.
It’s breathtaking! The exhibit leaves in a few weeks so I’m thrilled we saw it before it’s gone.
Awesome pics! For me, it was a regular day. Mother’s day in Lebanon is in march. I posted about it then. My son surprised me with a card, chocolate, cookies, and candy. But although I acknowledge mothers day in the US is in may, it was a regular day for me here.
Happy belated Mother’s Day 😊
Happy belated mothers day (since I’m so behind on blog reading)