Today and for a few more posts to come later,I will share with you the Cacti Collection at the International Peace Gardens. This was at one point a private collection and was donated to these Gardens.This collection belonged to a gentleman from Minot,North Dakota.His day job was that of a tire salesman.
The following is from an article published some years ago, when this collection was given to the Peace Gardens.
Vitko, 57, started the collection at age eight on his grandparents' farm. He was keen about gardening but couldn't be at his grandparents house every day to water plants. So he chose cacti because he could visit his grandparents on weekends and water his plants. He still has the first cactus he planted.
A few years later, he begged for and got a tiny greenhouse. He kept collecting until he had 5,200 different plants.
"You walked into his house and every square inch was packed with cactus," said Olwage.
I will now let you scroll through the pictures, just be careful not to get pricked by any of those sharp spines.
Closing thought:
The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
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