Aerie Art Garden
71-255 Aerie Dr.
Palm Desert, CA
760-568-6366
Showcasing the beauty of the desert in a garden setting, the Aerie Art Garden is toured by appointment only from
September to May.
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
PO Box 780
Morongo Valley, CA 92256
760-363-7190
Shades of Jurassic Park! Located directly off of State Highway 62, the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is over six miles long featuring 3,900 acres of virgin territory dating back two billion years!
Coachella Valley Preserve
PO Box 188
Thousand Palms, CA 92276
760.343.1234
In the center of this 13,000 acre preserve you will find the Coachella Valley’s own version of the Garden of Eden:
the Thousand Palms Oasis.
Indian Canyon – Cahuilla Indians
760.323.6018
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Indian Canyon and its surrounding Palm and Andreas Canyons feature the most palm trees of any canyon in the world. And yes…there are mountain lions in those distant hills!… more
Moorten Botanical Gardens
1701 South Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92264
760.327.6555
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. The Moorten Botanical Gardens now boasts 3,000 examples of desert cacti and other desert plants, grouped by geographic regions: Arizona, Baja California, California, Colorado, the Mojave desert, the Sonora desert, South Africa, arid South America, and Texas. Outdoor collections include agaves, bombax, crested Cereus, cardon and boojum trees, arborescent “candelabra” Euphorbia, a two-story Pachypodium, thorned Caesalpinia and Bursera, and some dozen aloes of southern Africa and Madagascar…. more
Seaview Ranch Date Gardens
84-510 Johnson Street
Thermal, CA 92274
760-397-2200
Seaview Ranch proudly features both the Deglet Noor and the Medjool varieties. The Coachella Valley literally saved the Medjool date from extinction and at the Seaview Ranch Date Gardens you’ll be able to sample to your heart’s content.
Shields Date Gardens
80-225 Highway 111
Indio, CA 92201
760-347-0996
Shield’s features everything from dates to dried fruits with a cornucopia of nuts and fruit flavored wines in between. Make sure you sample one of their delicious date shakes
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