BOYCE THOMPSON SOUTHWESTERN ARBORETUM
SUPERIOR, AZ
Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum (BTSA) is a 320 acre botanical garden and nature preserve located near Superior, Arizona. It is managed by the University of Arizona and is the oldest and largest arboretum in the Southwest. The Arboretum is located in the historic Apache Trail region of Arizona and was founded in 1924 by mining magnate Col. William Boyce Thompson.
The Arboretum features a wide variety of plants, including over 1,000 species of cacti, wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and succulents. It also has a variety of birds and wildlife, such as roadrunners, quail, and javelinas. BTSA is also home to a variety of sculptures and monuments, including the National Register of Historic Places-listed C.L. Metcalfe monument and the B.F. Wilson Memorial Rock Garden.
The Arboretum is open year-round and offers a variety of educational programs, including guided tours, classes, and workshops. It also hosts special events such as bird walks, birding classes, and nature photography courses. The Arboretum also has a gift shop, cafe, and picnic area. Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum is a great place to explore and learn about the plant life and wildlife of the Southwest.
BOYCE THOMPSON SOUTHWESTERN ARBORETUM is a Arboretums, Botanical Gardens, & Nature Center in SUPERIOR AZ. US MID #8400400452
The museum is classed as BOT (Arboretums, Botanical Gardens, & Nature Centers). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Western (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington).
![Boyce Thompson Arboretum - View from Conversation Point This is the view from Conversation Point in the Wallace Collection addition looking eastnortheast toward Superior Arizona.
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Boyce Thompson Arboretum’s newest garden, the Wallace Desert Garden, offers expansive views, creekside trails, and hundreds of plants brand-new to BTA!
At 13 acres and with more than 5,000 new plantings, the addition of the Wallace collection moves Boyce Thompson Arboretum into the top tier of botanical gardens around the world. The main trail is wheelchair accessible.
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Boyce Thompson Arboretum is the oldest and largest botanical garden in the state of Arizona. It is one of the oldest botanical institutions west of the Mississippi River. Founded in 1924 as a desert plant research facility and “living museum”, the arboretum is located in the Sonoran Desert on 392 acres (159 ha) along Queen Creek and beneath the towering volcanic remnant, Picketpost Mountain. Boyce Thompson Arboretum is on U.S. Highway 60, an hour's drive east from Phoenix and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Superior, Arizona.
The arboretum was founded by William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), a mining engineer who made his fortune in the copper mining industry. He was the founder and first president of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company at Globe-Miami, Arizona and Magma Copper Company in Superior, Arizona. In the early 1920s, Thompson, enamored with the landscape around Superior, built a winter home overlooking Queen Creek. Also in the 1920s, as his fortunes grew, he created and financed the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers, New York (now at Cornell University), and the Boyce Thompson Arboretum on the property of the Picket Post House, west of Superior.
Boyce Thompson wrote: “I have in mind far more than mere botanical propagation. I hope to benefit the State and the Southwest by the addition of new products. A plant collection will be assembled which will be of interest not only to the nature lover and the plant student, but which will stress the practical side, as well to see if we cannot make these mesas, hillsides, and canyons far more productive and of more benefit to mankind. We will bring together and study the plants of the desert countries, find out their uses, and make them available to the people. It is a big job, but we will build here the most beautiful, and at the same time the most useful garden of its kind in the world.”[3]
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BOYCE THOMPSON SOUTHWESTERN ARBORETUM
37615 E US HIGHWAY 60
SUPERIOR
AZ
85273-5100
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BOYCE THOMPSON SOUTHWESTERN ARBORETUM Information
| MID # | 8400400452 |
| Name | BOYCE THOMPSON SOUTHWESTERN ARBORETUM |
| Alternate Name | |
| Classification | Arboretums, Botanical Gardens, & Nature Centers, , Western |
| Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) | 880061520 |
| NTEECC | |
| Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) | 201206 |
| INCOME | 2,534,978 |
| REVENUE | 0 |
| LAT/LONG | 33.280904, -111.158514 |
| CODES | FIPS State Code: 04 FIPS County Code: 021 US Census Tract: 002300 US Census Block: 1423 |