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Water and restrooms are available inside the library building during regular business hours. We wondered why until we were leaving at dusk and a bunch of feral cats appeared. There are lots of signs around warning not to feed the animals. That shouldn't be a big problem as the trails are short and we were the only ones there on a weekend. It is also wide enough not to run someone into a cactus but not wide enough for two wheelchairs or strollers to pass. The trails are not paved but the packed dirt is manageable in strollers and wheelchairs. The previous reviewer missed the Heritage Trail at the far southeast corner of the lot. If you reach the big church you've gone too far and need to turn around. If you are coming north on 59th past Olive and the Glendale Community College campus, you will see the Glendale Library on the west (left) side.

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These free informative gardens are wrapped among and around the parking lot of the Glendale Library. This (along with the cool, well-equipped, and inviting Glendale Library) was our happiest surprise during our weeklong visit to Phoenix. Please note that a previous reviewer complaining about the lack of cacti seems to have been at Sahauro Ranch Park, which is right next door (separate entrance) there is definitely a Cactus Trail here, with lots of very different cacti on display.Īnd getting to see the peacocks and peahens that seem to have made the adjacent library their home was the icing on the cake for our visit. I agree with other reviews that this isn't really a destination spot but more something to visit when in the area go another reason. If you are looking for a large scale botanical garden this isn't it. Nearly all of the plants are well-labeled and we were able to finally learn the names of many of the plants we'd been noticing as we traveled around the area. If you want to see a nice collection of plants native to the area, this will do the job for you. When not working in his own yard, Bill can be found volunteering at the Las Placitas Memorial Garden.Here's the thing: this little garden area (2 trails, the Cactus Trail and the Tree Trail, each walkable in 5 minutes with typical kid-level interest and in 15 minutes with adult gardener-level interest) fits it's purpose really well. Continue through the courtyard to experience a relaxing and colorful back patio, surrounded by a variety of shrubs and decorated with wall art. A large rock fountain is the focal point, surrounded by animal sculptures and planted with succulents and ground cover. This exterior pathway has become a home-sized version of a desert botanical garden, providing expansive views of the Sandia Mountains and surrounding ridges of BLM and Albuquerque Open Space land.Įnter the meticulously maintained inner courtyard through a contemporary double steel gate to find the Lumm garden’s “green zone,” responsibly planted with native and native adapted plants. Since then, Bill has created an extended desert pathway that meanders through the forest and around the home’s exterior courtyard walls, adding discrete areas along the pathway that are planted with pollinator friendly plants, trees, succulents and even a fountain for the wildlife. The High Desert Forest he created, with strategically transplanted Cholla and favorably nurtured Piñons growing among One-Seed Junipers, was showcased on the 2018 Placitas Garden Tour.

Garden Type or Features: Beautifully planted ¾-acre lot with a 360-degree desert escape pathway that surrounds a courtyard planted with succulents and pollinator plants.ĭescription: Barbara Lumm calls this location her husband Bill’s “Infinity Garden” because his landscape projects never end.

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