Public Programs at the Garden
Mission Garden offers free entry. Events and classes are free unless otherwise noted.
Día de San Juan Fiesta
Join the Menlo Park Neighborhood Association for the 27th Annual Día de San Juan Fiesta!
Birds of Mission Garden
Walk around beautiful Mission Garden with one of the garden's expert birders.
Summer Sunsets at Mission Garden
Sunsets at Mission Garden can be magical. In the hot summer season, you’re invited to enjoy the evening sunset glow and cooler temperatures at the garden. Bring your family and friends!
Summer Sunsets at Mission Garden
Sunsets at Mission Garden can be magical. In the hot summer season, you’re invited to enjoy the evening sunset glow and cooler temperatures at the garden. Bring your family and friends!
Multicultural Summer Solstice Celebration at Mission Garden
Come celebrate the longest day of the year with food and music at Mission Garden!
Summer Sunsets at Mission Garden (featuring carrizo workshop)
Sunsets at Mission Garden can be magical. In the hot summer season, you’re invited to enjoy the evening sunset glow and cooler temperatures at the garden. Bring your family and friends!
Tasting History: Garlic and Onions
Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.
This June, join Mission Garden and Iskashitaa Refugee Network to try tastes of garlic and onions!
Tasting History: Garlic and Onions
Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.
This June, join Mission Garden and Iskashitaa Refugee Network to try tastes of garlic and onions!
Birds of Mission Garden
Walk around beautiful Mission Garden with one of the garden's expert birders.
Archeology Day
Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. (Click photo for event details)
Traditional O’odham Agriculture
Mission Garden continues this tradition of talks and demonstrations about O'odham Agriculture.
Summer Sunsets at Mission Garden (feat. a talk by Gary Nabhan)
Sunsets at Mission Garden can be magical. In the hot summer season, you’re invited to enjoy the evening sunset glow and cooler temperatures at the garden. Bring your family and friends!
Tasting History: Wheat
Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.
Tasting History: Wheat
Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.
Birds of Mission Garden
Walk around beautiful Mission Garden with one of the garden's expert birders.
Healing Herb Walk
Learn about some of the 50 medicinal plants in Mission Garden's Moore Medicinal Garden. The plants are native to the American Southwest deserts and in many cases have been used for millennia. Modern herbalists are keeping this tradition alive at Mission Garden.
Heritage Seed Swap
Mission Garden is hosting a seed swap in collaboration with the Pima County Public Library’s Seed Library and Las Milpitas Community Farm, who will all be giving away heritage seeds.
Archeology Day
Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. (Click photo for event details)
Traditional O’odham Agriculture
Mission Garden continues this tradition of talks and demonstrations about O'odham Agriculture.
Agave Heritage Festival: Lifetime Career Award Lecture by Paul and Suzy Fish
In this talk, Paul and Suzy will reveal hidden landscapes and share how ancient farmers used to grow agave in the Tucson basin.
Tasting History: Edible “Weeds”
Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.
Agave Heritage Festival: Dr. Stanley Rodriguez
Come learn more about the Kumeyaay practices of agave roasting with a talk by Dr. Stanley Rodriguez.
Tasting History: Edible “Weeds”
Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.
Agave Heritage Festival: Agave Roast Pit Uncovering
Come experience an agave roast and learn about these plants’ many uses!
Birds of Mission Garden
Walk around beautiful Mission Garden with one of the garden's expert birders.
Agave Heritage Festival: Agave Planting
Join Mission Garden to plant agave in our trincheras, inspired by nearby plantings on Tumamoc Hill.
Healing Herb Walk
Learn about some of the 50 medicinal plants in Mission Garden's Moore Medicinal Garden. The plants are native to the American Southwest deserts and in many cases have been used for millennia. Modern herbalists are keeping this tradition alive at Mission Garden.
Archeology Day
Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. (Click photo for event details)
Traditional O’odham Agriculture
Mission Garden continues this tradition of talks and demonstrations about O'odham Agriculture.
Book Talk: "What Side are You On?"
Join us for a conversation about the new book “What Side are you On? A Tohono O’odham Life across Borders” by Mike Wilson and José Antonio Lucero
Birds of Mission Garden
Walk around beautiful Mission Garden with one of the garden's expert birders.
Tasting History: Cardoon
Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.
Tasting History: Cardoon
Tasting History is an interactive, drop-in, family friendly program. Learn more about Tucson through the people and plants that shape our home.
Healing Herb Walk
Learn about some of the 50 medicinal plants in Mission Garden's Moore Medicinal Garden. The plants are native to the American Southwest deserts and in many cases have been used for millennia. Modern herbalists are keeping this tradition alive at Mission Garden.
Guided tours and recorded workshops are also available.
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An ofrenda, or altar, honoring past loved ones and friends of the Garden during the annual Membrillo Fest.