| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Viewed: 4/18/2024 |
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| The 140-acre Desert Botanical Garden is located in Papago Park in Phoenix. | |||
Founded by the Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society in 1937 and established at this site in 1939, the garden now has more than 21,000 plants, in more than 4000 taxa, one-third of which are native to the area, including 139 species which are rare, threatened or endangered. Of special note are the rich collections of agave and cacti.
Visiting the Desert Botanical Garden with David and Nick
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Occurred: 9/3/2018 |
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| All the photos from my visit with friends to the Desert Botanical Garden. | |||
Friends of Michael's from New York (who now live in Florida) came for a visit to the wild West; David had come specifically to see the Desert Botanical Garden, of which he learned from a magazine back home. Today Michael and I escorted David and his husband, Nick, to the place…a place I, myself, had not yet seen.
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