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Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: 47-900 Portola Avenue Palm Desert CA USA 92260
- Telephone Number: +1-760-346-5694
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is a desert botanical gardens and a zoo located at 47-900 Portola Avenue, Walt Disney Studios animators in the development of Timon, The Lion Kings comic meerkat character. The holiday season signals the start of the zoos WildLights celebration in which more than 275,000 miniature lights illuminate animated holiday scenes. It is also the site of one of the worlds largest LGB model railroad layouts; the layout includes the worlds longest model trestle span.Typical plant species and scenery offered by the Living Desert. Some round cactus samples from the zoo. Barn Owls eating lunch in the zoo. A leopard watching the visitors at the zoo. One of the unique features of the zoo is that visitors are able to get up close to many of the animals. Of particular interest are the re-creations of a variety of desert environments. The North American desert gardens include:* Mojave Desert–Joshua Tree area and East Mojave (Cima Dome)* Chihuahuan Desert — south of Big Bend , Texas and into Mexico* Sonoran Desert — foothills of Sonora (Palm Oasis; Cahuilla Ethnobotanic Garden; Lower Colorado; Sonoran Pond (a desert riparian area)Specialized gardens include:* Agave Garden – agaves from throughout the Western Hemisphere* Aloe Garden – African aloes* Aviary Oasis – Coachella Valley palm oasis set around walk in aviary* Barrel Cactus Garden – Ferocactus species* East African Garden – Large collection of native African plants and trees, one of the best collection of African plant species in North America* Euphorbia Garden – African euphorbias* Hummingbird Garden – plants that attract hummingbirds* Johnston Cactus Garden – various cacti * Madagascar Garden – native plants found only on Madagascar * Mallow Garden – small collection of mallows* McDonald Butterfly and Wildflower Garden – plants that attract migrating butterflies * Mexican Columnar Cactus Garden – tall column cacti collected from around the desert southwest* Ocotillo Garden – nine of twelve known ocotillo species* Opuntia Garden – various chollas and prickly pears* Palm Garden – over fifty species of palms from around the world, several hundred palm trees in all* Primitive Garden – plants from the Jurassic period, cycads and ferns* Sage Garden – Salvia species* Sheep Food Garden – plants that are food sources for bighorn sheep* Smoke Tree Garden – smoke trees in natural wash setting* Sonoran Arboretum – trees from the Sonoran Desert in garden setting* Wortz Demonstration Garden – Southwest landscape design* Yucca Garden – yucca species[1]
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