The Arizona Cactus Botanical Garden was a non-profit botanical garden, located at 8 Cactus Lane, Bisbee, Arizona, United States, containing representative samples of over 800 varieties of high desert xerophyte plant life.John J Russell; Thomas S Spencer Gardens Across America, West of the Mississippi : the American Horticultural Society's Guide to American Public Gardens and Arboreta. Lanham. Taylor Trade Publishing, 2006. 377 pages. John C. Krieg Desert Landscape Architecture CRC-Press 2018 656 pages It was founded by David L. EppeleCactus expert creates spiny sanctuary near Bisbee and has been closed since his death on 19 May 2005.Eppele, founder of cactus garden, passed away Thursday
The Garden featured cactus and succulents from high deserts of the Americas. All plants were cold-hardy and grown with no supplemental water. Shade frames and greenhouses contained hundreds of plants under study for hardiness and potential as landscape plants in high Southwestern deserts. The Garden's library contained over 2,000 volumes.David L. Eppele On the Desert:: Essays of the American Deserts 1990 58 pages Tortilla Press David L. Eppele On the Desert: Volume 2 Hollis Books 1999 120 pages
See also
List of botanical gardens in the United States
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