Cacti at the Desert Botanical Garden a 147-acre botanical preserve in Phoenix, Arizona.
Founded by the Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society in 1937 and established at this site in Papago Park in 1939, the garden (as of 2019) displays more than 21,000 plants, in more than 4000 groupings, one-third of which are native to the area, including 139 species that are rare, threatened or endangered. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.