Recorded Workshops
Mission Garden offers recorded video workshops for those who would like to interact with the material on their own time at home, as well as many free and low-cost workshops and classes in-person that are included in the price of admission, please visit our Events & Classes page to see a calendar.
Palo Verde Workshop w/ Martha Burgess (Recorded Video) $25
In this hour long video, recorded at Mission Garden, ethnobotanist Martha Burgess explores the three species of palo verde that grow locally in the Tucson area. You will learn how to identify, harvest and prepare palo verde in a variety of ways.
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Fig Workshop w/ Martha Burgess
(Recorded Video) $25
This accessible video class is a great way to learn about the figs that can be grown here in Tucson and the greater Sonoran Desert. Martha Burgess explores the botanical characteristics of several varieties of figs found at the garden, nutritional aspects of figs, and culinary uses. Learn more & purchase
Lime Hydrosol Workshop w/ Martha Burgess (Recorded Video) $25
Hydrosols are gently fragrant, water-based distillations that can be used in refreshing sprays, cosmetics, and aromatherapies. Using Mission Garden’s fragrant Mexican sweet lime fruits, this class teaches you principles and methods for making a hydrosol.
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In Person Classes & Workshops
Please visit our Events & Classes page for the full Mission Garden calendar
Monthly Bird Walk - July 14
Walk around Mission Garden with expert birder, Kendall Kroesen, to look for resident and over-wintering birds. Learn to identify some common calls and songs of the birds here. The garden is a good place for beginning and intermediate birders to learn about many of the birds common to the greater Tucson area. (Click on the bird picture to LEARN MORE)
Monthly Bird Walk - June 9
Walk around Mission Garden with expert birder, Linda Matson, to look for resident and summer birds. Learn to identify some common calls and songs of the birds here. The garden is a good place for beginning and intermediate birders to learn about many of the birds common to the greater Tucson area. Recent sightings have included red-tailed hawks, roadrunners, Abert's towhee, verdin, and adult and baby quails! (Click on the bird picture to LEARN MORE)
Monthly Bird Walk - May
Walk around Mission Garden with expert birder, Kendall Kroesen, to look for resident and over-wintering birds. Learn to identify some common calls and songs of the birds here. The garden is a good place for beginning and intermediate birders to learn about many of the birds common to the greater Tucson area. (Click on the bird picture to LEARN MORE)
Monthly Bird Walk - April
Walk around Mission Garden with expert birder, Kendall Kroesen, to look for resident and over-wintering birds. Learn to identify some common calls and songs of the birds here. The garden is a good place for beginning and intermediate birders to learn about many of the birds common to the greater Tucson area. (Click on the bird picture to LEARN MORE)
Wildflower Class *CLASS FULL*
*CLASS FULL* A PowerPoint show followed by a nature walk through the garden with Pinau Merlin. Limited to 15 people. Price is $35. After the show we’ll meander the garden on a nature walk to admire the wildflowers, look at birds and their nests, find desert holes and discuss the various uses of some of our native plants. (Click on the picture of the plants for MORE INFO)
Monthly Bird Walk - March
Walk around Mission Garden with expert birder, Linda Matson, to look for resident and over-wintering birds. Learn to identify some common calls and songs of the birds here. The garden is a good place for beginning and intermediate birders to learn about many of the birds common to the greater Tucson area. (Click on the bird picture to LEARN MORE)
Standing Yoga at Mission Garden - March
Begin your morning garden experience with a standing yoga class in the beauty of the garden. Join instructor Coco Bopp in moving through strengthening, stretching, and balance postures; gardening mountains, warriors, trees, crescent lunges, and Ganeshes (elephants) to remove obstacles, to name a few. Join the experience! (Click on the picture of Coco to LEARN MORE).
Heritage Fruit Trees and Backyard Propagation Class
Mission Garden has heritage fruit trees of many varieties. Have you ever wondered how to grow new heritage fruit trees in your own yard? Every year in February Jesús García teaches how to grow new Kino Heritage Fruit Trees from the ones at the Garden. Learn about the amazing origins of the Garden's heritage trees, how to take cuttings, and how to root those cuttings to grow new trees. All class members will go home with some cuttings! (Space is limited - click on the picture of the fig tree for MORE INFO, SIGN-UP & PAYMENT.)
Monthly Bird Walk - Feb.
Walk around Mission Garden with an expert birder to look for resident and over-wintering birds. Learn to identify some common calls and songs of the birds here. The garden is a good place for beginning and intermediate birders to learn about many of the birds common to the greater Tucson area. (Click on the bird picture to LEARN MORE)
Standing Yoga at Mission Garden - Feb.
CANCELLED due to unforeseen events . Begin your morning garden experience with a standing yoga class in the beauty of the garden. Join instructor Coco Bopp in moving through strengthening, stretching, and balance postures; gardening mountains, warriors, trees, crescent lunges, and Ganeshes (elephants) to remove obstacles, to name a few. Join the experience! (Click on the picture of Coco to LEARN MORE).
