Where is the cactus garden?
We have a fine collection of desert plants that includes a number of species of cacti. The University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley has a large cactus collection. That garden is located at 200 Centennial Drive on the UC Berkeley campus. Why do you water the plants in the Garden? Aren’t California native plants drought tolerant? California is unique in the world in its diversity of habitats, topography, and climates. In some parts of the state, annual rainfall is less than 10 inches a year and plants native to these areas are tolerant of prolonged summer drought. In other areas, rainfall is much more plentiful and fog drip can contribute the equivalent of several additional inches of rain during the summer. The Garden’s collection includes plants from many different parts of the state. Plants from areas with more summer moisture or cooler temperatures than those in our Berkeley hills location need supplemental water in the summer to survive. Other plants need supplemental w
