The Desert Botanical Garden, an oasis nestled among the red rocks of Papago Park, turns 86 in February. The idea for a desert garden came from a small group of Valley-based advocates in the 1930s.

Cactus Garden opened its doors in the mid-1930s, perched on a modest ridge eight miles southeast of Wickenburg, Arizona. A Continental Oil Company gas station operated out of a stone building ...

Cactus Garden was a roadside establishment that once touted itself as the "Show Place of the Desert” and offered relief from asthma, arthritis, and other ailments. Yet, this seemingly magical ...