Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

Basically, he just got quite creepy, and way too naked, in the hot tub with young men to whom he was supposed to be a spiritual adviser, not some squirrelly 1970s love doctor.

Event venue: WestWorld of Scottsdale [16601 N Pima Rd] in Scottsdale. The Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix will be the beautiful backdrop for the debut event ‘Sumo in the Garden.’ ...