The Acacia Demonstration Gardens is a public park in Henderson, Nevada that features many examples of how to landscape in a dry desert

climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorologi ...

.City of Henderson. "Acacia Demonstration Gardens".
http://www.cityofhenderson.com/parks/parks/acacia_demonstration_gardens.php
accessed 2013-06-11. The park was built by the Conservation District Southern Nevada in coordination with the City of Henderson.

Demonstration Gardens

* Allergy Friendly Garden * Cactus Garden *

Compost Compost is a mixture of ingredients used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil's physical, chemical and biological properties. It is commonly prepared by decomposing plant, food waste, recycling organic materials and manure. The resulting m ...

Demonstration Area * Dry Wash Demonstration *

Ethnobotanical Ethnobotany is the study of a region's plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and people. An ethnobotanist thus strives to document the local customs involving the practical uses of local flora for m ...

Garden * Mediterranean Garden * Native Garden * Near Native Garden * Outside Living and Entertaining Garden * Small Yard Demonstration Gardens * Streetscape Demonstration * Tomi's Garden - In Memory of Nanyu Tomiyasu * Turf Demonstration Area *

Wildlife Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those birds and mammals that were hunted fo ...

Friendly Garden

Other Features

Near the gardens are other park features, including: * Water park playground for children * Soccer field *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

field *

Dog park A dog park is a park for dogs to exercise and play off-leash in a controlled environment under the supervision of their owners. Description Dog parks have varying features, although they typically offer a 4' to 6' fence, separate double-gated ...

References

Gardens in Nevada Geography of Henderson, Nevada Dog parks in the United States Protected areas of Clark County, Nevada {{US-garden-stub