- Arizona Cactus Garden
The Arizona Cactus Garden (30,000 square feet), also known as the Stanford Cactus Garden, is a
botanical garden specializing incactus andsucculent s. It is located on the campus ofStanford University (within theStanford University Arboretum , and near the Stanford Family Mausoleum and the Angel of Grief),Palo Alto ,California , USA, and open to the public daily without chargeThe garden was first planted between 1880 and 1883 for Jane and
Leland Stanford to a design by landscape architectRudolph Ulrich . It was planned to be adjacent to their new residence, and part of the larger gardens for the Stanford estate. However, the home was never built. The garden was regularly maintained until the 1920s after which it fell into great disrepair.Volunteer restoration work began in 1997 and is ongoing. Notwithstanding decades of neglect, some of the original plants remain. The garden now contains approximately 500 cacti and succulents in 58 beds, broadly divided into two major sections. The
Eastern Hemisphere section is planted withaloe s,jade plant s and othersucculent s fromEurope ,Asia , andAfrica , and theWestern Hemisphere section holds cacti native to the Americas. Historic plants, comprising some 10-15% of the plantings, have been left in their original locations. As of July 2006, the plants were not labeled.See also
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List of botanical gardens in the United States External links
* [http://library.stanford.edu/depts/physics/related/arizonagarden.html Arizona Cactus Garden]
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