Desert Awareness Committee

Phone (480) 488-1090
Email OliveBpos@outlook.com
Website https://hollandcenter.org/programs/desert-awareness-committee/

The Desert Awareness Committee has been the community resource advocate for the Sonoran Desert since 1974. Our mission is to educate residents and visitors so that they may join us in understanding, conserving and preserving our diverse and fragile desert; its plants, animals, water, and wildlife.

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  • Desert Awareness Park Tour

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    Desert Awareness Park 38100 N. Vermeersch Road, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Join us for a leisurely stroll through our local native desert park — led by a Desert Awareness Naturalist — and learn about Sonoran Desert upland plants and how they survive. Walks are the 1st Saturday of the month December through April, begin at 10 a.m., and last for 90 minutes. The Nature Trail is relatively flat, and the Saguaro Trail is slightly uphill.

  • Walk, Talk, & Taste in the Park

    Featured Desert Education – Desert Awareness Committee
    Desert Awareness Park 38100 N. Vermeersch Road, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    You can live off the desert if you know what to pick and when. Find out more as our Signature Program Desert Awareness Committee takes us for a stroll to see food producing plants and learn about harvesting techniques and food preparation ideas... and even taste some recipes from the “Our Tastes of the Desert” recipe book.

  • Foraging and Medicinal Plants at Harmony Hollow

    Featured
    Harmony Hollow 44316 N Spur Cross Road, Cave Creek, az

    Get to know the desert plants used for health and well-being in this exciting hands-on field experience. . Learn to identify, prepare and understand medicinal properties of our desert plants. Spend four (4) hours with the Desert Awareness Committee collecting, creating an herb collection journal, using a plant press, preparing herbs properly, and making tinctures and ointments. 

    Get Tickets $110.00