Have you ever heard of a place called desert botanical garden? I think those people who coined this name for a place are silly, twisted fools who eat cactus for breakfast. To me, it sounds like holy
Josh Groban is singing Eminem's The Real Slim Shady.
Case in point: A desert is no longer a desert if it has a garden, either botanical or herbal.
According to Britannica.com, a desert is a wide, barren area with a thinly scattered vegetation. I must admit that plants can grow in deserts too, but those plants are mostly cacti and dried desert flowers. On the other hand, a botanical garden is a collection of living plants that depict relationships within plant groups. The only garden I know that exist in deserts are mostly cactus farms. See, they didn't call them cactus botanical farm, unless they want to confuse people who frequently visit the place.
I've read this term in a website about (sigh!), a beautiful garden in Arizona. There are deserts in Arizona, right, but I conclude that the garden is in the area where gardening conditions are quite normal. Anyway, I'll be visiting the place this weekend to prove my theory, and I'll be bringing my
personal digital assistant to get photos as well.
