Tucson Botanical Gardens,
AZ
2150 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85712
http://www.tucsonbotanical.org
This Garden is operated as a non-profit organization, therefore there
is a fee charged for a visit.
It has an extensive cacti and succulents from Arizona and other
southwestern states, Mexico and arid regions of South America.
A good
time to visit to see the spectacular
desert blooms are in April and May.
The succulents featured are from the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts
and the semi-arid areas of South America and Africa. The succulents from
South Africa belong to several plant families ranging from big trees with
swollen trunks to little plants looking like pebbles and stones.
This is the place to visit
to get ideas for your garden if you live in an area where water for ornamental plants and lawn is a
precious commodity. You will find extensive information on how to create
a beautiful garden with plants that thrive with very little water.
Instead of filling your front yard with pebbles, you can have a
beautiful landscape with
living plants.
Of interest are several specialty gardens. One of these gardens features
plants used by the Tohono O'odham people for food, medicine and
shelter. Another features crops grown by Native Americans who lived in
that region.
A third specialty garden is a xeriscape demonstration
garden.
Close by is another garden-museum worth visiting. This is the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum at 2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson, Az 85743
http://desertmuseum.org
This is a living museum dedicated to research, preservation
and
protection of the land, plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert region.
It also seeks to teach people how to be good stewards of our land.
This place is a zoo, a living history museum and a botanical garden; all in
one place. There are 300 live animal species and 1,200 different kinds
of plants with 2 miles of pathways around 21 acres of beautiful desert
land.
If you think that desert areas are dead and drab,
you
will change your mind after you visit this place.
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