Sometimes we get caught in loving our time at campground parks so much that we don’t get out and see what else we haven’t seen in the area.
While
Dean was playing railroad, friend Cyndy and I took a walk-through the Phoenix
Desert Botanical Garden for free! on Community Day.
Cardon Grande Saguaro from Argentina - moved here 1930's
One of the first desert plants brought into this garden was the Cardon Grande also known as the Argentine Saguaro. It’s trunk is massive compared to the saguaro we find in the Phoenix area. This plant was brought here in the 1930’s.
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| Guess you could call these "lit cigarettes"? |
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| Hard to get a picture of these tentacles but they are neon and will light up and night. Maybe I can get Dean to make me some of these. Ya think? |
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| Flock of storks? |
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| No real titles but kind of looks like a bunch of odd octopi trying to leave the boat! |
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| What do you have to pay for a person to set each one of these into the ground? What happens if he breaks one of them? Does it become shorter? Does he get fired? |
With
enough dough ($40+) and time and wanting to drive around Phoenix after dark, the
Christmas luminary display with special lights on the glasswork would be
terrific to see. Don’t worry about
tripping on the paths, we understand there is over 3500!!! lit luminaries
around the grounds. There is a team that
starts out at 4pm to light all the candles – wow!
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| Luminary's along the trails |
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| Luminaries atop the buildings |
Having just toured the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, I was disappointed in the plant presentation in Phoenix. Very very few plant identifiers and an overabundance of “special” Ramadas, Arbors, Plazas, Terraces, Galleries, and Gardens named for benefactors. Few plant ID’s but no problem with benefactor names and brick donor engraved walls. Harrumph!
But
now I’ve seen the gardens and will recommend the Tucson Arizona-Sonora Desert
Museum.
