Gardens and Plant Habitats
- The North American desert gardens include re-creations of a variety of desert plant community ecosystems:
- Mojave Desert – Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) habitat and Eastern Mojave Cima Dome Volcanic Field habitat.
- Chihuahuan Desert – Rio Grande-Big Bend (New Mexico-Texas) and northern Mexican Plateau (Mexico) habitats.
- Sonoran Desert – Sonora, Mexico Madrean foothills habitat, Yuma Desert-southwest Arizona habitat and Vizcaíno Desert-Baja California Desert habitat gardens.
- Colorado Desert (Sonoran Desert sub-region) – Desert mountains habitat of the indigenous 2,000 to 3,000 feet (610 to 910 m) elevation landscape, the Cahuilla Ethnobotanic Garden of the locally indigenous Cahuilla people, and focus areas representing the Lower Colorado River Valley habitat and the Colorado-Sonoran Desert natural springs, ponds, and riparian habitats.
- Specialized focus Gardens include:
- Agave Garden – More than 100 species of Agaves from throughout the Western Hemisphere
- Aloe Garden – African Aloes
- East African Garden – Large collection of native East African plants and trees, one of the larger collections of African plant species in North America
- Euphorbia Garden – African Euphorbias
- Aviary Oasis – Coachella Valley native Desert Palm Oasis, with California Fan Palms (Washingtonia filifera) surrounding a walk in aviary
- Barrel Cactus Garden – Ferocactus species
- Hummingbird Garden – plants that attract Hummingbirds
- Johnston Cactus Garden – various specimen Cacti on display
- Madagascar Garden – xeric plants endemic-unique to Madagascar
- Mallow Garden – small collection of desert Mallows
- McDonald Butterfly and Wildflower Garden – Nectar (adults) and 'grazing' (larvae) plants that attract migrating Butterflies
- Mexican Columnar Cactus Garden – tall columnar cacti sculptural specimens
- Ocotillo Garden – nine of twelve known Ocotillo species
- Opuntia Garden – various Prickly Pear (Opuntia) and Cholla (Cylindropuntia) plants
- Palm Garden – several hundred Palm (Arecaceae) trees, of over fifty species from around the world
- Primitive Garden – plants from the Jurassic period – Cycads and Ferns
- Sage Garden – Salvia species of melliferous flower honey forage sage plants.
- Sheep Food Garden – plants that are food sources for Desert Bighorn Sheep
- Smoke Tree Garden – local native Smoke Trees (Psorothamnus spinosus) in a natural desert wash setting
- Sonoran Arboretum – trees from the greater Sonoran Desert region in a designed garden setting
- Wortz Demonstration Garden – Southwest landscape design display garden
- Yucca Garden – Yucca species in a designed 'strap foliage garden.'
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