On Saturday, March 29, the Superstition Mountain Master Gardeners (SMMG) are taking over at the Superstition Mountain Museum. SMMG has a full day of morning and afternoon activities and presentations planned: • Succulents – Learn how to grow and care for these amazing plants. • Seed Balls – A fun and easy way to “spread the seed around.” Great...
Photographer Jack Olson has stalked his local prey, “The Cougar’s Shadow” for more than seven years now. The elusive shadow visits our region a couple of times a year during the two equinoxes in September and March. It is a natural phenomenon seen in the Superstition Mountains and resembles “a cougar chasing its prey down...
Many people do not realize that there is a working amethyst mine located in the Four Peaks region that can be seen from the museum. Mine owner Kurt Cavano will be sharing the history of this mine and his adventures while working it. Kurt is the owner of the Arizona Four Peaks Amethyst Mine. He...
Margerie Sholar will take a revealing look at what ladies and gentlemen wore in town during the western expansion of the 1870s and 80s. People poured into the Western lands during those decades to take advantage of homesteading, mining, service opportunities and civilization slowly grew with the towns. Both under and outer garments will be...
James Shepherd, author of A Walk In The Wallace Desert Garden: Discovering Desert Secrets, will present a fascinating lecture about Sonoran Desert plants, ecosystems, and our environment in layman’s terms. There will also be a question and answer session following his talk that will leave attendees with a new appreciation for the Sonoran Desert. Mr. Shepherd...
Try your luck from 10am to 2pm at the Museum. Dan Johnson has collected sand from his favorite honey spots for visitors to sift at the demonstration trough. This activity is free and you can keep what you find! Dan will host every Saturday through March 15.