Tohono Chul

Tohono Chul Tohono Chul is a 49-acre desert oasis nestled on Tucson's Northwest side where nature, art, and culture beautifully intertwine.
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Tohono Chul is a 49-acre botanical garden and community oasis located in Tucson, Arizona, where reverence for the cultural and natural ecology of the Sonoran Desert region inspires responsible stewardship so that future generations may thrive. Often referred to as a "hidden gem," Tohono Chul features breathtaking gardens, serene trails, art galleries, local shopping, and diverse wildlife. Tohono C

hul provides something for everyone, from children’s activities in partnership with the Children's Museum Oro Valley to regular concert events that highlight local talent. The award-winning Garden Bistro serves up delicious, locally inspired dishes, sourcing ingredients grown in their very own gardens. Deeply committed to sustainability, environmental stewardship, and cultural appreciation, Tohono Chul hosts educational classes, workshops, and community events that bring people together. Tohono Chul is a perfect destination for relaxation, learning, exploration, and community in the Sonoran Desert.

☾ Tohono Chul's: Chillin at the Chul is full of endless-summer fun filled with different activities, performances, and e...
06/06/2026

☾ Tohono Chul's: Chillin at the Chul is full of endless-summer fun filled with different activities, performances, and entertainment.

✨Join us every Fri & Sat, 6-9PM.
Admission is only $5!
Children under 2 and Members | Free

Your Chillin Guide to a chill summer fun at Tohono Chul starts here!
☾ Every Friday and Saturday we have different entertainment & performances, this week you can catch:
∙6/5: Jacob Acosta & the Golden Hearts Band
∙6/6: Cochise County All Stars and Children's Museum Oro Valley at Tohono Chul pop-up in the Children’s Garden

☾ Check out the Art in the Gardens with our newest mural,"Twilight Sonoran" by Ignacio Garcia , Tucson local artist.

☾ Yummy Food & drinks from The Garden Bistro, and every fourth Saturday throughout Chillin’ get a scoop of Gelu Italian Ice They have over 30 gluten-free, fat-free & cholesterol-free flavors to pick from!

☾ Plus exclusive add-ons, you can get on our website:
∙Silent Disco with Silent Adventures AZ - fuse comedy, singing, dancing, and flash mob antics to create a unique, one of a kind experience! Purchase here: https://shorturl.at/ftNY8
∙Paint & Sip with TJ's Paint Parties - Enjoy a peaceful summer evening of creativity, connection, and art under the desert sky! Purchase here: https://shorturl.at/qnolN

06/05/2026

The Queen is coming to your home🪷
Here is your chance to get your own Queen of Night right in your own yard!
After experiencing the Queens blooming, members were able to get first picks and purchase their own peniocereus greggii to take home with them for next years bloom.
And wonderfully, we still have quite a few of these beautiful specimens available for purchase at our Desert Nursery.
Join us from 8AM-2PM to buy your new Queen B and prepare for 2027 Bloom Night. 🌙
If you’re a member you can get 10% off your purchase ! Not a member? Join today ! Members receive 10% off the Desert Nursery + all of our gifts shops + the Garden Bistro.

Join our community of members during our Family Membership Drive to receive 25% off a Family Membership and above. Now through Tuesday, June 30th, you can use the promotional code FAMILY2026 on our website, at admissions, or in our museum shops to receive the discount or click here: https://tohonochul.org/memberships/

Through the generous support of Tohono Chul members, we continue the efforts of Richard and Jean Wilson, who gifted the ...
06/04/2026

Through the generous support of Tohono Chul members, we continue the efforts of Richard and Jean Wilson, who gifted the gardens to the community in 1985 with the hope that visitors would find contentment in nature and gain a new appreciation for the Sonoran Desert and its people.❤️

Your membership enables us to grow and sustain our gardens, provide educational opportunities for our members and friends, host community events, and preserve, maintain, and share our art and artifact collections. AND you get so many perks as a member to enjoy Tohono Chul to its fullest!

One of those many perks is Free Admission to select events like:
• Exclusive Art Receptions
• Bloom Night (just happened, check out our previous post to learn more)
•Children's Museum Oro Valley
•Chillin at the Chul ( every Fri & Sat, from 6-9PM till' Aug. 28)
•Curator Talks
•Members-only Plant Sales, like our Spring and Fall Plant Sales!
•Moonsoon Market (coming soon!)
•New Members Tours
•Sundays in the Garden

& now, with our Family Membership Sale and above, you can get this and much more with a 25% discount! Use promo code: FAMILY2026 to redeem today, or can be purchased in person when you come visit the park ! A perfect summer gift for friends, family, parents and grandparents, or anyone you hold dear in your life. ❤️

To Learn more on how to become a member: https://tohonochul.org/memberships/

The Queen has finally arrived. 👑This members-only evening celebrated one of the Sonoran Desert’s most spectacular plants...
06/04/2026

The Queen has finally arrived. 👑
This members-only evening celebrated one of the Sonoran Desert’s most spectacular plants. Members got to experience the beauty and sweet-rich melon fragrance of the Queen of the Night, wander luminaria-lit trails, experienced the fleeting beauty of the blossoms at peak, enjoyed educational presentations, browsed queen plants for sale in the greenhouse, and explored the annual Queen of the Night art exhibit. With over 400 members joining us to see this special moment, the love for our park and the blooming flower was felt amidst the glooming night sky. 💛

For those who couldn't make it during the Member's Bloom Night last night, here are the recap pictures of this once-a-year fascinating experience. The elusive Peniocereus greggii began its remarkable seasonal transformation, and now, we wait until next year for her return.

Bloom Night is an exclusive members-only event. Your support helps preserve the Desert View Trail and our Peniocereus greggii collection while we work to ensure proper pollination of these special plants and create a more intimate experience for those visiting the Queen.
Don’t miss out! Become a member today and prepare to experience this exclusive evening with the Queen of the night + many more events where admission is completely free!

For a limited time, enjoy 25% off annual family memberships and above with promo code FAMILY2026.

☀️It’s a Cool Kid Summer and what’s cooler than being a kid at Tohono Chul ! 🌳Check out all the fun, Tohono Chul X Child...
06/03/2026

☀️It’s a Cool Kid Summer and what’s cooler than being a kid at Tohono Chul ! 🌳

Check out all the fun, Tohono Chul X Children's Museum Oro Valley at Tohono Chul , have going on for our kids and families joining us this summer at our cool and shady gardens:
🩷Kids Cactus Club
Tuesday-Sunday | 9 AM – 12:30 PM
Join in on the fun and earn prizes ! Grab a punch-card on your first visit, and each time you come in, earn a prize for visiting us at Children’s Museum Oro Valley at Tohono Chul!

💙Thunderstorm Thursdays
Every Thursday | 9:30 AM
Thunderstorm Thursdays, come and chill with us whilst you learn about Arizona’s Monsoon season during our WEE STORYTIME & exciting craft activities! + play with our new and improved water exhibits, whilst enjoying a yummy snow cone.

💛Clay Play
Sundays & Tuesdays | 11 AM – 12 PM
Unleash your child’s creativity and explore the joys of hands-on sculpting and crafting with clay.

Don't want the fun to stop? Our Family Memberships are now on sale, which gets you FREE entry all through the year here at Tohono Chul Gardens and Children's Museum Oro Valley at Tohono Chul + many other member perks.
Sign up today online or in person, use code: FAMILY2026. Sale now till' June 30, 2026.

CMOV@TC: https://tohonochul.org/cmov-at-tohono-chul/
Membership Sign Up: https://tohonochul.org/memberships/

Bloom Night Announcement🌙Tohono Chul members, tonight is the night!Our queens have accelerated their flower development ...
06/02/2026

Bloom Night Announcement🌙
Tohono Chul members, tonight is the night!
Our queens have accelerated their flower development and are sprinting towards the finish line.
Come to Tohono Chul tonight between 7-11 PM and experience the wonder of the queen of the night, one of the Sonoran Desert’s most surreal plants. Not a member? You can sign up today or sign up at admissions when you arrive! ( + our family memberships are currently on sale using Promo Code: FAMILY2026 )

For this night only, the gorgeous white satellite-dish-shaped blossoms will open to share their melon fragrance with the night air in hopes of attracting the moths that pollinate them.
🌙Schedule:
▪️7 PM- Gardens open; all walkways to see the queens will be lit up.
▪️7:30 PM- Gardens and Facilities Manager, Jack Dash will give a presentation about the ecology and life history of the queen of the night in the art gallery.
▪️9 PM- Jack Dash presentation at the entrance to our desert view trail.
▪️Throughout the night, Nursery Assistant Manager, Jill Gall, will be in the greenhouse selling queens for those who
want to bring this wondrous spectacle home.
▪️11 PM- Gardens close

Our annual Queen of the Night gallery show will also be on view, allowing visitors to see the various ways artists envision and depict this unusual organism. 🤍

❗FYI: Tohono Chul will be open at 6 am tomorrow, June 3, to allow visitors to view the last moments of the queen’s bloom before the flowers close, and the cacti enter their long rest until next year. (This is 6AM slot is open for all guests of the park, not just members!)

Read the final blog: https://tohonochul.org/bloom-watch-2026-the-queen-is-here/

Join Tohono Chul in celebrating Pride Month! Our desert corner is a vibrant, welcoming space for everyone, even our plan...
06/01/2026

Join Tohono Chul in celebrating Pride Month! Our desert corner is a vibrant, welcoming space for everyone, even our plants are full of color! 🌵🌈☀️

05/30/2026

🌼It's Bloom Watch season, and Jack Dash (Tohono Chul Gardens & Facilities Manager) is here to let us know the latest update!
Because the timing of the bloom depends entirely on nature, the official announcement can come with very little notice, sometimes just hours before the event begins. Those following Bloom Watch receive updates as the bloom develops and are among the first to know when Bloom Night is officially announced.

This Bloom year, you'll get the chance to see the Queen B, and many more of our other peniocereus greggii, with over 12 blossoming buds to see ! Right now, there are multiple buds ranging from the size of a pinky nail to about to full-size buds that should be ready to bloom and sprout in the next couple weeks✨

💻If you want to sign up for the newsletter or learn more about the Queen of the Night: https://tohonochul.org/bloom-watch/

Join us tonight and tomorrow for Chillin' at the Chul 🌵🌕Grab the whole squad and dance your hearts away in the desert ni...
05/29/2026

Join us tonight and tomorrow for Chillin' at the Chul 🌵🌕
Grab the whole squad and dance your hearts away in the desert night sky! Relax and sit down in the cool shades of our gardens, whilst enjoying yummy drinks and tasty food from the Garden Bistro. For those art lovers, if you haven't yet, make sure to check out Ignacio Garcia's "Twilight Sonoran" Mural in our Pavilion.

✨Entertainment Schedule for this weekend:
Fri, May 29
‣ Us Too Music Duo (Rock, Funk, Country, Smooth Jazz)
‣ Silent Disco with Silent Adventures AZ

Sat, May 30
‣ Pretendaz (Rock, 80s, Dance Hits)
‣ Children's Museum Oro Valley at Tohono Chul pop-up in the Children’s Garden

💙Admission
Members and Children under 2 | Free
GA | $5

Let's Chill Tucson 😎

05/28/2026

Jack Dash, Tohono Chul Gardens & Facilities Manager has an update on our queens!
"As hawks nest and snakes wind their way across the trails, bloom watch continues at Tohono Chul. The majority of our queens are still in their stall phase, with plump, stout buds slowly but surely putting on growth. At this point, we expect the bloom to occur sometime in the first three weeks of June, and we will continue refining our forecast as the buds develop.

The twist this season has been a round of atypically early flowering on some individuals. We had one plant bloom on the evening of Wednesday, May 13, and another on the night of Thursday, May 14. What makes this more interesting is that, around town, our fellow bloom watchers reported early flowers on the same nights in both habitat and horticultural settings.

Now that we have passed this first exciting bloom, we are back to watching, measuring, and caring for our other plants. As always, we will keep you informed about the development of the buds and will give you as much early warning as we can about Bloom Night. Stay tuned!

To watch the bloom yourself, become a member today! This is one of the many perks of becoming a member at Tohono Chul (besides great discounts at our nursery, gift shops, and bistro or free entry for many other events).
To read the full blog: https://tohonochul.org/bloom-watch-2-the-queens-keep-us-guessing/
Become a Member: https://tohonochul.org/memberships/

Address

7366 N Paseo Del Norte
Tucson, AZ
85704

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 2pm
Tuesday 7am - 2pm
Wednesday 7am - 2pm
Thursday 7am - 2pm
Friday 7am - 2pm
6pm - 9pm
Saturday 7am - 2pm
6pm - 9pm
Sunday 7am - 2pm

Telephone

(520) 742-6455

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