As a means of expanding services at the Miraval Resort and Spa outside Tucson, a spa garden was created with luxury safari tents housing individual treatment rooms to supplement the facilities of the famed spa. Each tent features a private ocotillo-fenced garden and outdoor |>>

shower with pots of fragrant herbs and native desert plants. Inside, each room is paved in native stone flooring with a cast concrete sink vanity containing storage for spa products and linens. A mirror hangs on a back wall of saguaro-ribs so the guest may enjoy views of the garden <<|>>

and distant mountains from any position. The spa garden provides a private retreat within a resort for an indulgent afternoon getaway. Other design work at Miraval includes a collection of new guest rooms and two dozen furnished condominium villas with detached casitas. <<|