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Taliesin West vs Desert Botanical Garden
Desert Botanical Garden and Taliesin West are both praised by professionals. On balance, Desert Botanical Garden ranks significantly higher than Taliesin West. Desert Botanical Garden comes in at 91 with accolades from 8 publications such as Michelin Guide, Lonely Planet and Travel + Leisure.
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12621 North Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259
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Fodor's
"Wright and apprentices constructed a desert camp here using organic architecture to integrate the buildings with their natural surroundings."
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Concierge
"Even people who are not interested in architecture or Wright's style should walk around the buildings just to see how one of this country's most influential style-makers lived and worked."
Frommer's
"Wright believed in using local materials in his designs, and this is much in evidence at Taliesin West, where local stone was used for building foundations."
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Lonely Planet
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"Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the seminal American architects of the 20th century."
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Travel + Leisure
"Known as one of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpieces, Taliesin West was built in 1937 as Wright's winter home."
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Desert Botanical Garden
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1201 N Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85008
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"Opened in 1939 to conserve and showcase the ecology of the desert, these 150 acres contain more than 4,000 different species of cacti, succulents, trees, and flowers."
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Concierge
"This is one of the best gardens you will ever see, possibly because it's so full of local plants."
Lonely Planet
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"This inspirational garden is a refreshing place to reconnect with nature and it offers a great introduction to desert plant life."
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Travel + Leisure
"Any delusions that the Sonoran Desert is a lifeless dustbowl will be swept away by this 50,000-plus collection of colorful plants, from hundreds of cacti, including the iconic saguaro."
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Michelin Guide
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"With more than 20,000 desert plants, this unique garden has won awards for environmental education."
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