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Cacti Collection Brought From New Jersey To Desert Botanical Garden

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(Photo By Mark Brodie/KJZZ)
Some of the 1,800 cacti brought from New Jersey to Phoenix.

A couple of guys rent a U-Haul, pack it with about 1,800 potted cacti and drive cross-country. That’s not the opening line to a joke, or an upcoming movie trailer – but actually a true story.

Desert Botanical Garden took in the plants last year, and Raul Puente Martinez helped get them to Phoenix. He’s the curator of Living Collections. Standing in one of the garden’s greenhouses, he spoke about the acquisition.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.