Ongoing At the Garden
Regular Weekly & Monthly Happenings
Admission to Mission Garden, and the regular events below, is free. Your gifts make the garden grow.
Tours of Mission Garden
Private, family or small group tours
are about 60 minutes long.
*Tours are $10/person. Please pay at the gift shop before the tour.
Call us at (520) 955-5200 or e-mail us at info@missiongarden.org to schedule a tour any time we're open Wed-Sat with start times from 8:30am-1pm (October through March), and 8am-11am (April-September).
Garden Explorers & Bookworm Path
Every day the garden is open
FREE
Learn more about the 20 different activity hubs featuring books and activities that explore plants, animals, birds, history, food, and culture of our region.
Monthly Bird Walk
Every Second Thursday from 8:00am - 9:30am
FREE
Roadrunners, wrens and herons - oh my! Learn more about the seasonal and resident birds you’ll discover on the Bird Walk with expert birders. See details on our Classes & Workshops page.
Traditional O’odham Agriculture
Every Third Saturday* 8:00am-12:00pm
FREE
Mission Garden announces monthly presentations on O'odham agriculture. Every third Saturday of the month, Mission Garden's Maegan Lopez will be in the O'odham Garden to demonstrate traditional O'odham agricultural practices and answer questions. By attending this event every month you will get the full sweep of seasonal agricultural practices. See details on our Special Events page.
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Archaeology Day
Every Fourth Saturday* 8:00am-1:00pm
FREE
Each month there will be a different demonstration, focused on learning how ancient technologies like atl-atls, arrowheads, and ground stone were made and used. The event is ideal for children and is led by representatives from Archaeology Southwest and Old Pueblo Archaeology. Allen Denoyer, an expert preservation archaeologist with Archaeology Southwest, does their "Hands-on Archaeology" presentation and Sherry Eisler from Old Pueblo Archaeology also presents activities that you can actually participate in, highlighting ancient skills and reproduction of items found in archaeology sites. See details on our Classes & Workshops page.
*(except December)
