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The Palo Verde Garden Center started when garden staff started propagating plants from the garden collection for sale to members, and now sells those plants to the public. Many of the plants sold here may not be found anywhere else.
The Zoo and Gardens features one of the world's largest LGB model railroad layouts, with about 3,000 feet (910 m) of track. The world's longest wooden G-scale model trestle (202 feet 8 inches (61.77 m)) lets trains travel between the upper and lower portions of the wash in which it was built – an almost 2-foot (0.61 m) drop. The trains started as part of the annual WildLights holiday program, and ran only in the evenings. In 2001 the trains started running throughout the year and during the day. The trains and track belong to the gardens.
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