Located in Tucson, AZ, Tohono Chul is an internationally acclaimed, 49-acre botanical garden and nature preserve that boasts a wide array of emblematic Sonoran Desert species. 

As the surrounding region has undergone intense commercial and residential development over the past four decades, Tohono Chul has been recognized as a critical outdoor asset. With a commitment to future stewardship, Tohono Chul enlisted SiteWorks to develop a codified operations and maintenance program to guide long-term care. 

Here, our work was grounded in the sense that stewardship must be an adaptive, ongoing activity—more “management” than “maintenance.” Our M+O plan thus provided Tohono Chul leaders with an assessment of current and future needs, looking at present conditions and to a future state that accommodates increased attendance, programming changes, and physical and operational changes to the Gardens themselves.