Moorten Botanical Gardens in South Palm Springs

The desert surrounding Palm Springs is not only known for it's high temperatures, dry air and spacious quality, but also for the shocking beauty of the desert life.  For those of you that have not taken the time to view the desert life as it displays itself during each season, then you need to pay a visit to the Moorten Botanical Gardens where you will find yourself immersed in the beauty of the hidden desert life and you can find out for yourself exactly why it is that so many people have chosen to make it their home.

Proudly claiming to be a "living museum", this magical location provides the average visitor with enough information to understand and recognize the beauty of the desert, with a twist -- Moorten gives you a view of the desert life, re-invented.  With so many paths to choose from, you find yourself surrounded by awe inspiring cacti that seem only to live in your imagination, however there they are for the world to see.  Sporting wicked spikes and twisting forms, a funky atmosphere gives you a new look at some of the most amazing creations.

You can visit the "World's First Cactarium" which created with a green-house look in mind gives you an eye-opening experience into some living art made out of the abundant desert life around there location.  Carrying odd and imaginative names, these cacti serve to aid your imagination and your senses as you embark on a journey into the fun and funky side of the desert.  These cacti are amazing creations that Chester "Cactus Slim" and Patricia Moorten have kept available for anyone and everyone to stop in and view.  Offering some of the most beautiful views of the desert, Patricia Moorten, a biologist mainly interested in botany, found her place here in the desert after creating an arboretum in 1938.  With her expertise and the desert offering up itself as well, the infamous gardens now show 3,000 breath taking examples of desert life by giving us a view of the cacti and more, exclusively found in many different desert regions.  As home to desert plants from locations as close as the Mojave desert and as far away as southern Africa and Madagascar, the collection is outstanding in it's variety and wealth of imaginative beauty.

Having designed the landscape for many notoriously famous people native to California and being widely known for their amazing and beautiful gardens, the Moortens built a legacy for themselves and their son, Clark Moorten, who is currently the curator of this legacy, the Moorten Botanical Gardens.  Clark has become widely known and acknowledged for is expertise concerning a vast array of succulent plants across America.  Avidly active in both the selling of certain plants available at the gardens and greeting visitors frequently, Clark Moorten can be found almost every day at the gardens, immersing himself in the work and care of the plant life there in the desert.

As an experience of sensory perception that promises to give you lasting memories of the beauty of the desert, visiting Moorten Botanical Gardens should be at the top of your list.  Locals and tourists are always welcome.  Come see the desert in a new light, come experience desert life at it's best.