New Cactus House
The new <a href="https://cactusjungle.com/archives/blog/exit.php?url_id=1721&entry_id=1522" title="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1219phxdbg1218.html" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1219phxdbg1218.html’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">Cactus House</a> at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix is set to open in the spring, and it’s going to be a showcase for an incredible collection.<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">For years, the aluminum lath house that sheltered the Desert Botanical Garden’s treasured cactus collection sorely needed a dynamic makeover….<br />
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Susan Ahearn, a garden volunteer since 1970, said getting rid of the old structures was a dream come true….<br />
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Scott McMahon, curator of cactuses, said the galleries will open to the public April 2. He said the public will be impressed not only by the design of the plantings, but also by the new specimens from Old World and New World locales.</span><br /></div><br />Now that’s progress.<br /><br />
