Tuesdays | April 4, 11, 18, 25 | 8:30 – 9:30 am | Performance Garden Yoga with Mary Carhuff continues this spring! Class will begin one hour earlier as spring temperatures start to rise. Mary is a Certified Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist. All are welcome! Open your senses to an understanding of our connection Read more...
Tuesdays | April 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10 – 10:45 am | Performance Garden This outdoor class with Mary Carhuff is ideal for anyone who struggles with earth (floor) poses. Class will begin one hour earlier as spring temperatures start to rise. Mary is a Certified Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist. This balance focused Read more...
Learn to identify resident reptiles and find the answer to the age-old question, “Why do lizards do push-ups?” Get to know some friendly, non-venomous snakes, and perhaps a lizard or tortoise or two. We’ll even introduce you to a few venomous reptiles as well, like a rattlesnake and maybe a Gila monster, all to illustrate Read more...
@ Buy Tickets This event is free with garden admission The Tucson Bonsai Society will be celebrating their 51st Art of Bonsai Exhibition April 29-30, 2023. This annual event will feature more than 100 locally-styled bonsai and local vendors with handmade pottery, trees, bonsai tools, potting soils, raffles, and a variety of other culturally related Read more...
As the spring sun warms the Sonoran Desert, Tohono Chul invites Members to join us in celebrating Arbor Day on Saturday, April 29th, from 10 am to 1 pm for the 2023 Tohono Chul Members’ Reception. During this festive event, you’ll have the chance to learn more about the work Tohono Chul does and how Read more...
FOOD. DRINKS. JAZZ. Come enjoy our first Jazz Under the Stars concert series located at the Garden Bistro! Join us Saturdays from 5 to 8 p.m. February 25 through May 13 for live music, refreshing spirits, local brews, and a rotating menu of tasty bites and entrees! April 29 Duo Vibrato – Brian Hicks Read more...
Join us on day 3 of City Nature Challenge for an introductory course to iNaturalist, the app and website used to document observations in the field. Please download the iNaturalist app from their website: https://www.inaturalist.org/. This introduction to the app will be followed by our BioBlitz at 9:00 am. This course is FREE for participants of Read more...
Are you up for a challenge? Tohono Chul is partnering with Pima County Master Naturalists and other local organizations for the 2023 City Nature Challenge! This annual four-day global challenge works toward a common goal of documenting biodiversity, while engaging people and connecting them to nature. Participants in BioBlitz receive FREE ADMISSION to Tohono Chul Read more...
A thoughtful, ecological approach to landscape design doesn’t mean that style has to take a back seat. Award-winning landscape designer and owner of REALM, Jason Isenberg, demystifies many of the driving tenets of sustainability including water harvesting, organic gardening, permaculture, xeriscaping, smart irrigation, considered plant selection, and more. Once you have this insight, you’ll be Read more...
@ Sign Up for This Class $30 Non-Member / $24 Member Art materials are not included in the price of this class. Please provide your own materials. Learn drawing and painting techniques inspired by Beatrix Potter, a naturalist, illustrator and scientist. This creative class will guide students, beginners and advanced alike, to closely observe nature Read more...
Learn to identify resident reptiles and find the answer to the age-old question, “Why do lizards do push-ups?” Get to know some friendly, non-venomous snakes, and perhaps a lizard or tortoise or two. We’ll even introduce you to a few venomous reptiles as well, like a rattlesnake and maybe a Gila monster, all to illustrate Read more...
Join us as Tucson icon Kate Breakey brings us into her creative world – sharing her personal and professional history and revealing the concepts and processes she employs in her ongoing series Las Sombras – currently on view in the Tohono Chul exhibition Prescience Remains. “The images are Sepia toned silver gelatin photograms – part Read more...