Moorten Botanical Garden

We paid a visit to a place called "The Desert Garden For All Seasons".  It was established in 1938 to share with the public the beauty and many thousands of varieties of desert plants from around the world.  There are over 3000 varieties displayed, placed in concentrated habitats.  There is also a small building called the Cactarium which has many rare plants seen nowhere else.

So, we hope you like pictures of desert plants, because I took my share.  Oh, first,, here is a map of our little tour walk around.

Quite a few of the plants were in bloom.

Some of these Agave-type plants were as tall as 9 feet.

All these pics are about 30% of what I actually shot, but I wasn't sure I could keep your attention.

Does these guy remind any of you old-timers of anybody from the 70's?  (pacman)

Here are a couple of weird ones in the Cactarium.  Growing downward?

More inside shots.

I know looking at these photos isn't as impressive as walking through the gardens, but you can get an idea of how beautiful desert plants are.  I was impressed that he had over 3000 different varieties.