Jack Dash

About the Author

Jack Dash is a naturalist and writer based in Tucson, Arizona. A graduate of Prescott College, Jack is a board member of the Arizona Native Plant Society and co-editor of the Plant Press Arizona. He is the Gardens Manager at Tohono Chul Botanical Garden and regularly speaks, writes, and guides trips related to botany, horticulture, and natural history in the Southwest.


Luke Takata is a photographer and storyteller based in Tucson, Arizona. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute’s BFA Photography program, and the International Center of Photography’s Documentary Practice and Visual Storytelling program where he was a Director’s Fellow. Swenson has been recognized as an Award of Excellence winner by the Newhouse School at Syracuse University’s Alexia Foundation Grant, and his photographs are a part of the permanent collection at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos.