Boyce Thompson Arboretum Tour – Edible and Medicinal Plants
Have you tasted the sweet, unique flour that can be ground from mesquite pods? How about prickly-pear cactus fruit jelly, or a nopalito? The pickled strips of a prickly-pear cactus pad? During a one-hour guided walk at the UA's Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, you'll see prickly-pear cacti, the towering stalks of our native Agave chrysantha, and mesquite trees, with a chance to taste a few "desert edible" samples ranging from prickly-pear jelly to nopalitos, mesquite flour and agave nectar. The tour repeats on Sunday, April 22.
Guide note: this tour explores the Curandero Trail, which has steep sections that are not suitable for visitors who use wheelchairs or walkers.
The event included with admission: $12.50 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12, free for children under 5. Free to arboretum members and Arizona State Parks pass-holders.