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Address:1701 South Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, California
Tel:
(760) 327-6555
Our Botanical Gardens Expert Says:
Located on Palm Canyon Drive, right in the heart of Palm Springs, the Moorten Botanical Gardens has been a favorite city destination for years. The botanical gardens are located on the grounds of a house once owned by Chester "Cactus Slim" Moorten, one of the original Keystone Cops, who moved out to the area in the 1930s, building the gardens inside an arboretum on the grounds in 1938. Today the gardens are home to more than 3,000 types of desert cacti and other plants grouped together by desert region: Arizona, Colorado, California, and other spots across the American West. The botanical gardens are open daily.
From Moorten Botanical Garden - Palm Springs, California:
Located at the southern end of Palm Canyon Drive, the Moorten Botanical Gardens and Cactarium is a favorite Palm Springs attraction and the enduring legacy of Patricia and Chester "Cactus Slim" Moorten. Both shared a love of the Desert and its beauty, plants and wildlife. Nicknamed Slim for his tall lanky form and work as a contortionist, Moorten was one of the original Keystone Cops and became the stand-in for Howard Hughes.