Best Of Tucson®
Best Public Garden
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Readers Pick
If this midtown garden extraordinaire weren't a perennial reader's pick, it would certainly be this staff member's pick for Best Public Garden. Tucson Botanical Gardens is a lovely little getaway, where visitors can take a class, have a nice little lunch, get all artsy-crafty, shop or just stroll among any or all of the 16 gardens found on the grounds. Classes run the breadth from basic horticulture to plant-specific lessons, flower arranging, conservation issues and even culinary classes. There is usually a nominal fee for the classes, although the curriculum offers plenty of freebies as well. Seasonal sales in the gardens and a charming gift shop feature unique items for home and garden. Lunch is available thanks to the folks from Café 54. If you've never been, go. If you have, go back.
Runners up:
2. Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte, 742-6455, www.tohonochulpark.org
3. Reid Park Rose Garden, Country Club Road, just north of 22nd Street, www.tucsonaz.gov/parksandrec/specialplaces.php
Previously in Best Of Tucson®
- 2012 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
- 2011 Best Public Garden - Tohono Chul Park
- 2010 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
- 2009 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
- 2008 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
- 2006 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
- 2005 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
- 2004 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
- 2003 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
- 2002 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
- 2001 Best Public Garden - Tohono Chul
- 2000 Best Public Garden - Tucson Botanical Gardens
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