By Les Conklin
People tend not to notice the cumulative impact of small changes that are made over a long period of time. An entire community can develop landscape amnesia.
In 1995, Friends of the Scenic Drive reinstalled the plant identification signs along the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive, located on the northern reaches of Scottsdale Road. Thankfully, volunteer Bob Hart took photographs of many of the plant exhibits, had the film developed, and gave me a set of prints. We’re lucky he did because they are a partial cure for landscape amnesia. The good news is that the Scenic Drive did its job of protecting roadside vegetation. In fact, in the near future the City of Scottsdale will begin using Bond 2000 funds to further strengthen the vegetative line.
All of the plant exhibits are along Scottsdale Road. Look at the desert in the background? What do you see? View Photos
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