Discover how the desert comes alive after dark! Do you know which animals change colors when you use a blacklight? Using our blacklights, a Friends’ volunteer docent will begin a short walk on uneven cobbled desert terrain in the basin below the dike/levy looking for scorpions and other nocturnal creatures that inhabit our desert. This […]
Join us on a fascinating and educational 350-mile, 11 hour luxury bus tour. Learn about the history and importance of water in the Coachella Valley. Find out how the desert turns green! Stops along the route include the Imperial Dam, Colorado River, the old Plank Road, Algodones Dunes, Coachella Canal, All-American Canal, and the Salton […]
Come visit our adopted desert tortoise and get answers to your questions about our charming state reptile. We will also be hosting a story time nearby and reading the bi-lingual book, “The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit”; the first 70 visitors each day will even get a free copy of the book to take home in […]
Montane Botanic Garden Trail Adaptive Sports Hike Join SoCal Adaptive Sports and Friends of the Desert Mountains volunteer docents on a hike for persons with disabilities, their family, and friends on the Montane Botanic Garden Trail. Nestled in a glen, situated at 5,024 feet, in the shadow of 8,700-foot Wilshire Peak, lies The Wildlands Conservancy’s […]
Join other volunteers for team ‘FRIENDS OF THE DESERT MOUNTAINS’ at the Paint El Paseo Pink walk to fight cancer. The route is approximately 2 miles roundtrip. There will be activities, live music, and more engaging participants throughout the course of the walk. Team Friends will meet in front of The Gardens on El Paseo, […]
Join members of the Astronomical Society of the Desert for fun “sky tours” and direct observations of the night sky through telescopes and binoculars. This is a family event. Minors must be accompanied by parent or guardian. For more information call 760-862-9984. Etiquette: please do not touch equipment unless requested. No white lights near telescope […]