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Fountain Hills Botanical Garden celebrates 50 years

Founded, maintained by volunteers

A hiking trail leads visitors into the Fountain Hills Desert Botanical Garden.

(Independent Newsmedia/Bob Burns)

Of the hundreds of people who buzz in and out of town on Fountain Hills Boulevard every day, most probably pass by without noticing a small parking lot with a medal sign that signifies the entrance to the Fountain Hills Botanical Garden.

The garden offers a desert respite adjoining a residential neighborhood.

In the early 1970s Jayne Haynes came to Fountain Hills as a transplant from Ohio. She had an innate interest in gardening and found the desert flora fascinating.

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