Tucson Botanical Gardens

The Tucson Botanical Gardens is an urban oasis in the heart of Tucson. It connects people with plants and nature through art, science, history, and culture.  For 50 years, the Gardens has inspired a love of nature while educating students, gardeners, and artists across Southern Arizona and beyond. Hosting over 150,000 visitors annually, it offers educational programs, community events, renowned art exhibits, and the beloved Butterfly Magic experience.

Celebrate Adopt a Butterfly Day!

Support our spectacular Butterfly Magic exhibit by adopting a butterfly today!

Choose from a variety of stunning and colorful butterflies and receive an official Adoption Certificate filled with fun facts about your butterfly.

Butterflies may be small, but they make a big impact- captivating visitors with every graceful wingbeat. Your adoption helps sustain this beloved exhibit, inspiring curiosity and deepening our community's connection to nature.

A Little April Fool's Fun Fluttering your Way

Send your best friend - or worst enemy - a bit of magic this April 1st with a very special adoption e-certificate. Select the Mysterious Orchiflutter and dedicate your donation to brighten someone's day - or make them question their sanity!

Introducing the Orchiflutter.

Orchiflutter (Phalaenopsis x monstrositas)

Born from an ill-advised, questionably legal experiment in genetic splicing, the Orchiflutter is what happens when a butterfly and an orchid merge into one unsettlingly fabulous life form. With delicate petal-wings, unsettlingly vine-like legs, and a proboscis that occasionally photosynthesizes, this creature is both a botanical marvel and an existential crisis. Instead of fluttering gracefully, it drifts lazily on the breeze, whispering secrets only houseplants can understand. It does not pollinate flowers—it judges them. Its caterpillars? Don’t even get us started. They sprout tiny orchid blooms along their backs, making them both beautiful and deeply unnerving. Nobody knows why it purrs when exposed to sunlight, and frankly, it’s best not to ask. Adopting an Orchiflutter for your friend ensures that they, too, will lie awake at night pondering nature’s greatest question: just because we could… should we have?

Make your gift today and keep the magic fluttering this April Fool's Day and all year long!

Thank you for your support!