Please Note: Due to the Desert Gala, there will be no Theater Animal Experience Fri 4/25 - Mon 4/28. The Ironwood Restaurant will close at noon on Sun 4/27. The Ironwood Gift Shop, Baldwin Gallery, and the Desert Garden will be closed all day Sun 4/27.

Jacumba Jim spring near the Mexican border east of San Diego. These oases are critical to water-requiring desert animals such as doves and bighorn sheep. This spring is a dense thicket of shrubs with a few palm trees. Agave deserti can be seen in the foreground.


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