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AugustDaily during August from 6 am – 3 pm in the Visitor Center Art Gallery Multi-media works by Gila Community College students are exhibited through Aug. 31 in the Visitor Center art gallery.
To read more see gallery exhibit photos, visit the expanded website
Education Coordinator Chris Kline invites volunteers to help search for monarch butterflies — then capture, tag and release adults — during offsite research trips around the state of Arizona. Participants will search for Monarchs at in the Canelo hills on Aug. 30.
To sign up or for specific details, please call Chris Kline at 520-689-2723 or email ckline@Ag.arizona.edu.
SeptemberDaily during September from 6 am – 3 pm in the Visitor Center Art Gallery paintings by Nicole Royse are exhibited.
To read more see gallery exhibit photos, visit the expanded website
From 10:30 – 11:30 am. Ever sipped a prickly pear margarita? Nibbled candy made from colorful cactus fruit? If so, you know that nothing compares to the subtle flavor and outrageous magenta shade of juice from the prickly pear cactus fruits which ripen in Auugst and can be harvested throughout Arizona. Our informal hour-long class is offered toward the end of summer when prickly pear fruit are prime. Come learn how to harvest opuntia cactus fruits and extract the juice without turning your hands into a “porcupine” of painful glochids and cactus spines. Apache Junction author Jean Groen (“Foods of the Superstitions”) is the harvest season guest for each of these three class dates, and will share recipes and samples of cactus cuisine.
Volunteers Needed for Tom Sawyer Day The historic Parade Ground at Fort Verde State Historic Park is surrounded by a white picket fence. Please join us, and work as Tom Sawyer did, to paint the fence from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 6.
The soldiers who once occupied this strategic position in the Verde Valley built picket fences at the fort. Today's fence represents that 137-year-old historic fence. The soldiers who worked here are now long gone, but the fence still needs to be painted!
Volunteers of all ages are welcome to come out and help for as long as you like. Volunteers 13 years of age and younger must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Volunteers 14 to 17 years of age may volunteer without parental supervision with a signed parent release form.
Please contact the volunteer manager if you would like to volunteer, just as Tom Sawyer recruited volunteers to paint Aunt Polly's fence in the 1876 classic written by Mark Twain. This is a great opportunity to show your children how to give back to their community and enjoy Arizona's State Parks. The park will provide paint and brushes.
For more information or to register for this event, please call the volunteer manager at (602) 542-4174 or visit azstateparks.com. For park information call Fort Verde at (928) 567-3275.
From 9:30 – 11:00 am. Summertime hot weather is the ideal time to see and photograph colorful dragonflies — Queen Creek and Ayer Lake are the prime spots to find Flame Skimmers, Blue Dashers and various other species of these predatory insects. Pierre Deviche joins our roster of tour guides for the walk on Sept. 6. Bring binoculars along for vivid close-up views of these insect predators.
See photos at the expanded website
Education Coordinator Chris Kline invites volunteers to help search for monarch butterflies — then capture, tag and release adults — during offsite research trips around the state of Arizona. Participants will search for Monarchs at Jacob’s Lake in Hereford on Sept. 6.
To sign up or for specific details, please call Chris Kline at 520-689-2723 or email ckline@Ag.arizona.edu.
First Sunday at Red RockKathy Sullivan, Condor Coordinator for Arizona Game and Fish Department, will present “California Condors in Arizona.” Visitors will learn about the Condor Reintroduction Program in Arizona. Find out how biologists have brought these amazing birds back from the brink of extinction. Learn how many condors live in Arizona, where you can go to so see them, how many chicks have hatched in the wild, what obstacles the condors face in Arizona, and what you can do to help conserve these prehistoric giants. Reservations are recommended, as seating is limited. Presentation is free with paid admission to the park. 2:00 pm in the theater. Please call (928) 282-6907 for further information; Reservations may be required.
Desert Spiny lizards at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park sometimes can grow as big as bratwursts!See for yourself, and learn why lizards do those comical pushups — attend the monthly "Learn Your Lizards" walk July 12 at 8:30 a.m. Weekend nature tours are admission-free if you have a state parks annual pass, or $7.50 for adults ($3 for ages 5-12). Kids enjoy this popular tour — bring your kids, grandkids, nephews or nieces to learn about our most common Sonoran desert reptiles. This entertaining guided tour shows participants how to identify common lizard species such as Western whiptail, Side-blotched and Greater Earless.
"Sunday Special" lizard walk at 9:30 a.m. on September 7. Wear sunscreen and a wide-brimmed hat -- and bring along binoculars for the best close-up views of these engaging little reptiles.
To read more about the tour and see photos, visit the expanded website
Kathy Pendley-Shaw 12:15 pm. (928) 779-4395
100 boats fishing for bass, weigh in 3:00 pm, info at www.arizonabassnation.com (928) 855-2784
Desert Spiny lizards at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park sometimes can grow as big as bratwursts!See for yourself, and learn why lizards do those comical pushups — attend the monthly "Learn Your Lizards" walk July 12 at 8:30 a.m. Weekend nature tours are admission-free if you have a state parks annual pass, or $7.50 for adults ($3 for ages 5-12). Kids enjoy this popular tour — bring your kids, grandkids, nephews or nieces to learn about our most common Sonoran desert reptiles. This entertaining guided tour shows participants how to identify common lizard species such as Western whiptail, Side-blotched and Greater Earless.
"Sunday Special" lizard walk at 8:30 a.m. on September 7. Wear sunscreen and a wide-brimmed hat -- and bring along binoculars for the best close-up views of these engaging little reptiles.
To read more about the tour and see photos, visit the expanded website
Instructor Val Bembenek uses her "wild" papers to strengthen people's appreciation of nature. You’ll learn how, when and where to collect appropriate plant stuff, how to cook and beat the materials into fine fibers, and how to form textured, naturally-colored sheets with a traditional mould and deckle from vats of pulp. Leave the class with 6-8 sheets to dry at home and make into stationery to send or keep. 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the ranch house. $20 includes the park entrance fee. Space is limited! Reservation required. (520) 896-2425.
Education Coordinator Chris Kline invites volunteers to help search for monarch butterflies — then capture, tag and release adults — during offsite research trips around the state of Arizona. Participants will search for Monarchs at in the Canelo hills on Sept. 14.
To sign up or for specific details, please call Chris Kline at 520-689-2723 or email ckline@Ag.arizona.edu.
An unforgettable experience, this hike includes a naturalist-led interpretive program on the park’s beautiful trails. Enjoy the sunset and moonrise from an overlook and return by the light of the moon. Hike leaves promptly from the Visitor Center at 5:30 pm. No late arrivals will be allowed to join the group. Please wear suitable clothing and shoes, and bring water, a flashlight and insect spray. Please call (928) 282-6907 for further information; Reservations may be required.
Park volunteers will escort visitors on a guided hike through the park, discussing the geology of the area. This hike includes the Eagles Nest trail for a great view of the park and the surrounding area. More than just a guided hike, this is an interpretive experience for the beginner as well as advanced geologist. The hike lasts for 2 – 2.5 hours and has a 250-foot elevation climb. Enjoy an afternoon with our knowledgeable volunteer guides as they explain the rock formations that create the scenic backdrop of Red Rock State Park. Bring water and wear suitable shoes or boots. 2:00 pm. Please call (928) 282-6907 for further information; Reservations may be required.
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The Arizona State Parks Foundation and Arizona State Parks celebrate the 4th Annual Slide Rock Apple Festival on September 20 & 21, 2008 from 9 am to 3 pm at Slide Rock State Park. The park is located just north of Sedona in Oak Creek Canyon. Park phone number (928) 282-3034.
This family event will feature "All Things Apple" and the use of natural, renewable resources through demonstrations emphasizing the theme "Moving Toward Sustainable Living." Arts and crafts, food, entertainment, games and activities for kids, a bird walking tour, history walk, a dessert auction, an Apple Fest cookbook, and prize giveaways will be additional features of the event. Volunteers will also be demonstrating the art of sorting different sizes of apples for boxing and selling. Both days of the Apple Festival are free to the public.
For many years Slide Rock State Park was a large orchard and to this day is still a working commercial apple ranch. The orchard produced more than 1,200 boxes of apples for Apple Fest 2007. A multitude of activities are scheduled for this event, including band performances.
This year’s event offers a variety of exhibits and demonstrations along with family-oriented activities, live music and food. In previous years Slide Rock State Park has hosted more than 3,600 attendees during this two-day event. If you wish to join us in supporting the Apple Fest and aiding the ongoing effort to expand and increase the park’s appeal and utilization, please contact Susan Weisberger, Slide Rock Apple Fest Planning Committee, (928) 282-1418 or mysticnanny@npgcable.com
Bands scheduled to appear:
Sept. 20, Country Comfort 9 am to noon,
Sept. 20, Red Rock Country Band 1 pm to 4 pm.
Sunday Sept. 21, Porch Light 9 am to noon.
Interested in exhibiting at Apple Fest? Contact Susan Weisberger, Slide Rock Apple Fest Planning Committee, (928) 282-1418. mysticnanny@npgcable.com
From 7:30 – 9:30 am. On this guided walking tour Mesa resident and Bible scholar David Oberpriller points out palms, figs, olives, pomegranates and other plants of the bible and shares his knowledge about botany, history and scripture. This easy two-hour tour proceeds slowly along wheelchair-and-walker-accessible paths.
To read more about the tour visit the expanded website
100 boats fishing for bass, weigh in 3:00 pm, more info at www.nationalbasswest.com (928) 855-2784
From 7 am to 2 pm (Vulture Viewing 7:00 – 8:30 am, Bird Walk from 8:30 – 11:00 am) Our signature Autumnal event is this seasonal salute to the Arboretum’s migrant flock of Turkey Vultures before the huge black birds fly south to spend winter months in Mexico. Celebrate ornithology and learn about these misunderstood scavengers – birds which play an integral role in our Sonoran desert ecosystem. Arrive early to observe the Arboretum’s resident vultures from 7-8:30 am, then join us for an 8:30 am bird walk guided by Arboretum volunteers and staff. Exhibitors include Desert Rivers Audubon Society and also the popular Arizona Game & Fish Department wildlife rehab volunteers with their birds, reptiles and small mammals from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.
From 9:30 – 11:30 am. Learn to identify common species of butterflies — and about the colorful insects' life cycles — on a two-hour walk through the Demonstration and Hummingbird-Butterfly Gardens. Arboretum Education Director Chris Kline works with Arizona State Parks volunteers on the ongoing monarch butterfly migration research project.
To read more about the tour and see photos, visit the expanded website
Plein Air Artist “Paint Out”Arizona State Parks and Arizona Plein Air Painters are sponsoring live outdoor painting competitions with painting from 8:00 am - Noon. At noon, the artists will gather to judge their peers completed work.
Artists are welcome to bring their easels, brushes drop cloth canvas and capture scenes around the park. This is a series of “paint outs” planned throughout the year at Arizona State Parks. See other dates and parks.
Celebrate the Verde with fun activities, canoeing, interpretive walks, climbing wall, fishing (license required), exhibits, and more! Re-enactments on Sunday the 28th. Saturday is free! 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (928) 634-5283
From 9:30 – 11:00 am. Sonoran Desert plants have nourished, healed and clothed desert residents for thousands of years. Walk the Curandero Trail and learn more from Jean Groen, author of Foods of the Superstitions. David Morris, ethno-botanist and Choctaw Nation member, alternates as leader for this tour. Visit our website “events” page for specific dates, and please note that our Curandero Trail is moderately steep in sections and is not wheelchair accessible.
More information about desert plants can be found at the expanded website
OctoberDaily during October from 6 am – 3 pm in the Visitor Center Art Gallery paintings by Sharon Sieben of the Mesa Art League are exhibited.
To read more see gallery exhibit photos, visit the expanded website
The London Bridge Lions club presents two performances of a circus with elephants! Additional fee charged; more info at www.candbcircus.com (928) 855-2784
Education Coordinator Chris Kline invites volunteers to help search for monarch butterflies — then capture, tag and release adults — during offsite research trips around the state of Arizona. Participants will search for Monarchs on a trip to the Blue River on October 2-4.
To sign up or for specific details, please call Chris Kline at 520-689-2723 or email ckline@Ag.arizona.edu.
Herbalist, teacher and author, Charlie Kane, will discuss edible and medicinal usages, identification, collection, preparations and cautions on a trail walk at the park from 8:00 am to noon. $20 fee; reservation required. Call the park for more information. (520) 896-2425
From 9:30 – 11:00 am. Summertime hot weather is the ideal time to see and photograph colorful dragonflies — Queen Creek and Ayer Lake are the prime spots to find Flame Skimmers, Blue Dashers and various other species of these predatory insects. Bring binoculars along for vivid close-up views of these insect predators.
See photos at the expanded website
HBrooks D. Simpson, professor of history at Arizona State University, will present “American Presidential Elections in Historical Perspective.” Americans will elect a new president in November. How has the selection and election process evolved throughout the period since the first election in 1789? What characteristics have remained largely unchanged? How do candidates and parties appeal to voters? What role do issues play? By setting the answers to these and other questions in historical perspective, this presentation will give us a greater understanding of the American political process and the degree to which the more things change, the more they remain the same. The Arizona Humanities Council and the Benefactors of Red Rock State Park sponsor this program. Reservations are recommended as seating is limited. Program is free with paid admission to the park. 2:00 pm in the theater. (928) 282-6907
From 9:00 am to Noon. “BioDives” are a new program we’ll offer this year for high school-age homeschool students. As a part of the activity we will conduct insect/wildflower surveys, study relationships between insect/wildflower groups, and give students experience recording data and using tools such as a GPS and digital camera.
8:00 am to 5:00 pm daily. Autumn is harvest season; also the time to plant herbs and the right months to prepare your Spring flower garden. Stock up during this annual fundraiser which helps support education and conservation here at Arizona’s oldest and largest botanical garden. The event begins with our popular Oct. 10 “Members’ Only Preview Day” with 20-percent savings. Daily throughout the sale staff horticulturists and groundskeepers will be available to answer your plant questions and offer landscaping advice. (520) 689-2811
Striper derby fundraiser; call Constant at (928) 505-5240 for more info. (928) 855-2784
At 1:30 p.m. Sonoran Desert plants have nourished, healed and clothed desert residents for thousands of years. Walk the Curandero Trail and learn more from Jean Groen, author of Foods of the Superstitions. David Morris, ethno-botanist and Choctaw Nation member, alternates as leader for this tour. Visit our website “events” page for specific dates, and please note that our Curandero Trail is moderately steep in sections and is not wheelchair accessible.
More information about desert plants can be found at the expanded website
The park’s premier event includes living history presentations, weapons demonstrations and portrayal of life on the frontier as it was in the late 1870s – all taking place at an original military site. (928) 567-3275
60 boats fishing for bass, weigh in 3:00 pm; more info at www.nationalbasswest.com (928) 855-2784
A park volunteer will escort visitors on a guided hike through the park, discussing the geology of the area. This hike includes the Eagle’s Nest trail for a great view of the park and the surrounding area. More than just a guided hike, this is an interpretive experience for the beginner as well as advanced geologist. The hike lasts for 2 – 2.5 hours and has a 250-foot elevation climb. Enjoy an afternoon with our knowledgeable volunteer guide as he explains the rock formations that create the scenic backdrop of Red Rock State Park. Bring water and wear suitable shoes or boots. 2:00 pm. Please call (928) 282-6907 for further information; Reservations may be required.
Alex DiNatale at 12:15 pm. (928) 779-4395
An unforgettable experience, this hike includes a naturalist-led interpretive program on the park’s beautiful trails. Enjoy the sunset and moonrise from an overlook and return by the light of the moon. Hike leaves promptly from the Visitor Center at 5:00 pm. No late arrivals will be allowed to join the hike. Please wear suitable clothing and shoes, and bring water, a flashlight and insect spray. This will be the last hike of the season. Hikes will resume in April 2009. Please call (928) 282-6907 for further information; Reservations may be required.
Education Coordinator Chris Kline invites volunteers to help search for monarch butterflies — then capture, tag and release adults — during offsite research trips around the state of Arizona. Participants will search for Monarchs at on a trip to the Hualapai Mountains on October 15-17.
To sign up or for specific details, please call Chris Kline at 520-689-2723 or email ckline@Ag.arizona.edu.
100 boats fishing for bass, weigh in at 3:00 pm, more info at www.wonbass.com
The Florence Main Street Program will present the 3rd Annual Florence Multicultural Festival on Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in historic downtown Florence at the corner of 8th and Main Streets. The festival celebrates the diverse cultures found throughout Arizona and in Florence through music, dance and cultural exhibitions. Activities include five performing arts groups, an ethnic cooking demonstration, and food and merchandise vendors.
The festival is made possible with the generous support of APS, Arizona Lottery, Town of Florence, Florence IDA and Affinity Physical Therapy. Additional support has been provided by the Arizona Commission on the Arts with funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Arizona Commission on the Arts, the state arts agency, works to link artists and arts organizations to communities.
The Florence Multicultural Festival is a fun, free and family friendly event. Call 1-866-977-4496 or visit www.florencemainstreet.com for information.
Starts at 1:30 pm. On this guided walking tour Mesa resident and Bible scholar David Oberpriller points out palms, figs, olives, pomegranates and other plants of the bible and shares his knowledge about botany, history and scripture. This easy two-hour tour proceeds slowly along wheelchair-and-walker-accessible paths.
To read more about the tour visit the expanded website
Learn about boat registration requirements, Arizona and Federal boating laws, equipment requirements, navigation rules, trailering your boat, aids to navigation (buoys) and other useful information. This is a State and Federally approved Boating Safety Class. Upon successful completion, students will receive a certificate and an ID card. Sponsored by Arizona Game and Fish Department. Class is from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Call to register. (520) 287-2791
Antique engine show will be held during Tombstone’s Helldorado Days. (520) 457-3311
Come join us for an annual cultural event celebrating the 1775 Anza Expedition. Mass is at Tumacacori Mission on Saturday, Anza Ride re-enactment on Saturday, Native dancers, lectures, Spanish history, and Tubaqueños demonstrations. (520) 398-2252
From 1:30 – 3:30 pm. “What’s an Arboretum?” Learn the answer to that often-posed question on our new autumn tour through the forested areas of the Arboretum where you’ll learn about the towering sycamore and cottonwood trees, native hackberry, mesquite and many more.
Join us for our 9th Annual Pumpkin Festival, bringing art, music, lots of kids’ activities, food and fun to Oracle State Park. 10:00 am – TBA. (520) 896-2425
60 boats fishing for bass; weigh in at 3:00 pm; more info at www.wonbass.com (928) 855-2784
Come join us for a nighttime tour of the infamous Yuma Prison. Ghostly legends that haunt the pen come alive with the Park Rangers and Yuma’s own paranormal investigators, the Yuma Spirithunters. (928) 783-4771
From 9:30 – 11:30 am. Learn to identify common species of butterflies — and about the colorful insects' life cycles — on a two-hour walk through the Demonstration and Hummingbird-Butterfly Gardens. Arboretum Education Director Chris Kline works with Arizona State Parks volunteers on the ongoing monarch butterfly migration research project.
To read more about the tour and see photos, visit the expanded website
At 1:30 p.m. Sonoran Desert plants have nourished, healed and clothed desert residents for thousands of years. Walk the Curandero Trail and learn more from Jean Groen, author of Foods of the Superstitions. David Morris, ethno-botanist and Choctaw Nation member, alternates as leader for this tour. Visit our website “events” page for specific dates, and please note that our Curandero Trail is moderately steep in sections and is not wheelchair accessible.
More information about desert plants can be found at the expanded website
NovemberDaily during November from 6 am – 3 pm in the Visitor Center Art Gallery Springerville artist and Arizona State Parks’ site steward Maggie Leef has a photography exhibition.
To read more see gallery exhibit photos, visit the expanded website
R/C Model airplanes flying off Windsor 4 beach; FREE to the public, more info at www.deserthawksrc.com (928) 855-2784
At 1:30 p.m. Sonoran Desert plants have nourished, healed and clothed desert residents for thousands of years. Walk the Curandero Trail and learn more from Jean Groen, author of Foods of the Superstitions. David Morris, ethno-botanist and Choctaw Nation member, alternates as leader for this tour. Visit our website “events” page for specific dates, and please note that our Curandero Trail is moderately steep in sections and is not wheelchair accessible.
More information about desert plants can be found at the expanded website
From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Did you enjoy the occasional summer series of Saturday nights with music and extended evening hours? A few of the same performers will be showcased Nov. 8 during a Saturday of live music “both acoustic and eclectic” featuring different performances each hour in various gardens and collections around the Arboretum.
Starts at 1:30 pm. On this guided walking tour Mesa resident and Bible scholar David Oberpriller points out palms, figs, olives, pomegranates and other plants of the bible and shares his knowledge about botany, history and scripture. This easy two-hour tour proceeds slowly along wheelchair-and-walker-accessible paths.
To read more about the tour visit the expanded website
From 1:30 – 3:30 pm. “What’s an Arboretum?” Learn the answer to that often-posed question on our new autumn tour through the forested areas of the Arboretum where you’ll learn about the towering sycamore and cottonwood trees, native hackberry, mesquite and many more.
From 8:30 - 11:30 am. Arboretum bird walk leader Kathe Anderson concludes her advanced birding class series with this “second-of-two-parts” session on Nov. 22 from 8:30 to 11:30. “The Es and Fs” of basic birding are the focus today, and Kathe will explain how to seek out different habitats and environments when looking for particular birds. Enrollment for annual members is $20; arrange pre-payment with a call to our gift shop staff during daytime business hours at (520) 689-2723
At 1:30 p.m. Sonoran Desert plants have nourished, healed and clothed desert residents for thousands of years. Walk the Curandero Trail and learn more from Jean Groen, author of Foods of the Superstitions. David Morris, ethno-botanist and Choctaw Nation member, alternates as leader for this tour. Visit our website “events” page for specific dates, and please note that our Curandero Trail is moderately steep in sections and is not wheelchair accessible.
More information about desert plants can be found at the expanded website
From 11:00 am – 3:00 pm. Aspen and maple leaves have fallen in the San Francisco peaks and Catalinas by mid-November, but the true grand finale of autumn foliage in Arizona is right here at the Arboretum this month, with peak color typically during Thanksgiving weekend. Invite family and visiting guests for a picnic and to celebrate autumn color in our famous pistachio grove with spiced apple cider, live music and other activitie
Plein Air Artist “Paint Out”Arizona State Parks and Arizona Plein Air Painters are sponsoring live outdoor painting competitions with painting from 8:00 am - Noon. At noon, the artists will gather to judge their peers completed work.
Artists are welcome to bring their easels, brushes drop cloth canvas and capture scenes around the park. This is a series of “paint outs” planned throughout the year at Arizona State Parks. See other dates and parks.
DecemberDaily during December from 6 am – 3 pm in the Visitor Center Art Gallery painter Paul Kinslow is our featured artist.
To read more see gallery exhibit photos, visit the expanded website
From 10:00 am – Noon. Each school year we invite homeschool families to gather and experience Arboretum education programs. Pre-payment is required, families are asked to reserve a spot no later than two weeks prior to each tour by calling (520) 689-2723
At 1:30 pm. Sonoran Desert plants have nourished, healed and clothed desert residents for thousands of years. Walk the Curandero Trail and learn more from Jean Groen, author of Foods of the Superstitions. David Morris, ethno-botanist and Choctaw Nation member, alternates as leader for this tour. Visit our website “events” page for specific dates, and please note that our Curandero Trail is moderately steep in sections and is not wheelchair accessible.
More information about desert plants can be found at the expanded website
Starts at 1:30 pm. On this guided walking tour Mesa resident and Bible scholar David Oberpriller points out palms, figs, olives, pomegranates and other plants of the bible and shares his knowledge about botany, history and scripture. This easy two-hour tour proceeds slowly along wheelchair-and-walker-accessible paths.
To read more about the tour visit the expanded website
From 1:30 – 3:30 pm. “What’s an Arboretum?” Learn the answer to that often-posed question on our new autumn tour through the forested areas of the Arboretum where you’ll learn about the towering sycamore and cottonwood trees, native hackberry, mesquite and many more.
At 1:30 pm. Sonoran Desert plants have nourished, healed and clothed desert residents for thousands of years. Walk the Curandero Trail and learn more from Jean Groen, author of Foods of the Superstitions. David Morris, ethno-botanist and Choctaw Nation member, alternates as leader for this tour. Visit our website “events” page for specific dates, and please note that our Curandero Trail is moderately steep in sections and is not wheelchair accessible.
More information about desert plants can be found at the expanded website
January 2009Outlaws, Lawmen, Cowboys, Saloon Gals, Townsfolk and a cornucopia of disreputable characters converge on the 11th Annual Gathering of the Gunfighters.
Relive the legend of the west when old west reenactment groups from California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Arizona ride into Yuma Prison for two days of wild west fun and mayhem. When the gunsmoke clears, only one gang will be left standing as the best of the west. A two day skit competition event at the Yuma Territorial Prison, the only place tough enough to handle these wild and wooly gunfighters, outlaws and varmits.
$5 for adults aged 14 and up. There is no charge for children aged 13 and under. Vittles, libations, and western vendors will be available for your edification and perusal!
Plein Air Artist "Paint Outs"Arizona State Parks and and Arizona Plein Air Painters are sponsoring live outdoor painting competitions with painting from 8:00 am - Noon. At noon, the artists will gather to judge their peers completed work. Artists are welcome to bring their easels, brushes drop cloth canvas and capture scenes around the park. This is a series of “paint outs” planned throughout the year at Arizona State Parks. Listen to an Audio Update that discusses what “paint outs” are.
January 26, 2008 at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
March 22, 2008 at Lost Dutchman State Park
May 10, 2008 at Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
July 19, 2008 at Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area
August 23, 2008 at Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
September 27, 2008 at Dead Horse Ranch State Park (Verde River Days)
November 29 at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park (Fall Festival)
On-GoingMarch - Join rangers, volunteers and guest speakers on a variety of talks and walks that will be fun for the whole family. Some topics explored are desert bighorn sheep, venomous creatures, coyotes, hummingbirds and stargazing. Contact the park or the Interpretive Education Coordinator at (928) 855-4192 to learn more about these entertaining and educational programs, or to request a copy of our ranger talk brochure and calendar.
Programs are scheduled throughout the year. Please call for the current schedule
Join staff and special guests as they reveal surprises about above ground treasures of the park. Monthly, a variety of topics are explored such as bats, snakes, mining, map & compass, worms, and javelinas. Contact park to learn more about these guided walks, activities, and shows, or to request a copy of the “above ground” interpretive program schedule.
Join staff as they reveal surprises about above ground treasures of the park. Monthly, a variety of topics are explored such as bats, snakes, mining, map & compass, worms, and javelinas. Contact park to learn more about these guided walks, activities, and shows, or to request a copy of the “above ground” interpretive program schedule..
Guided tours of the house: Daily at the top of the hour, first tour at 11am. Hour—long guided tour of the historic Riordan family homes filled with original family belongings, including Stickley furniture. The story of the family, the architecture of the house, and Flagstaff history are discussed. Reservations recommended.
Los Tubaquenos Living History Program, Sun. from 1-4pm, March Los Tubaquenos presents life at the Tubac Presidio from 1752-1776. Come join the lives of the men, women and children who worked and played on the Spanish Frontier. Sample foods, see weavers in action, and learn about fashions and woodworking.
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