Desert Botanical Garden celebrates the return of outdoor season with its Great Fall Kickoff Festival, running October 9–18. The 10-day celebration brings seasonal activities, hands-on crafts, live music and fall-inspired food to the Phoenix destination, with experiences for visitors of all ages.
The festival coincides with the opening of Super Bloom by Graphic Rewilding, an immersive art exhibition featuring 21 installations throughout the Garden. Visitors can explore oversized desert blossoms and step inside colorful glass houses filled with floral scenes. After sunset, the installations take on a different character through illuminated color, light and shadow.
Fall Garden After Dark adds glowing pathways and seasonal botanical displays each evening from sunset to 10 p.m. Daytime visitors can explore the Fall Butterflies exhibit from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and enjoy autumn décor, including a pumpkin tree, gourd towers and botanical wreaths…