Tohono Chol (“desert corner”) is a desert botanical garden and nature preserve in Tucson. It contains various gardens, nature/walking paths, an exhibit house, cafe, and museum shop. We spent a lovely couple of hours there on Friday and enjoyed the natural surroundings (both flora and fauna) as well as the art work — both inside in the Exhibit house as well as outside along the paths. This is the park for which we were able to obtain 2 free passes from the Tucson public library.
There were great paths to the various gardens as well as walking trails for desert views or to provide information on desert plants.
Along the paths we saw roadrunners, lizards, jackrabbits, rest areas, relevant quotes, and metal artwork.
The land for the park was donated by a private couple. One of the original homes on the property is now used as an exhibit house to showcase the Native American pottery and basketry collection of the former owners as well as some temporary exhibitions by local artists. The former living area housed an abstract art exhibition. Finally, the highligh of the day came from the museum shop (actually just outside), and we didn’t have to buy them. Take a look at a couple of young owls who have taken up residency on the window sills of the shop. The sales clerk pointed them out to us.
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