Here's the website for the Living Desert
http://www.livingdesert.org - it's in Palm Desert, CA, 15 minutes from the Palm Springs airport in the Coachella Valley or "the Desert" as we call it!
I'm imagining going back to see each "season," an inapt term aa well!
It's the only botanical garden in the area & it's a beautiful collection of rescued animals and native plants. Great gardens!