Desert Botanical Garden

More photos from our trip to the Desert Botanical Garden, of some of the permanent items and specimens there:

"St. Earth Walking" statue
at the Herb Garden entrance

Saguaros, but of course.

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Desert grasslands exhibit

Yucca blossoms

Succulents exhibit

Big honkin' aloe blossom

Sunset aloe - gorgeous and endangered

Various blossoms:

Desert Rose

What's a nice kid like you
doing in a place like this?

Prickly pear flowers

In the Herb Garden

Boojum Tree

And wildlife.  Not sure what species
of squirrel this bigger, slower fellow was.
The round-tailed squirrels and the roadrunner
were too quick to get good pics of.