Tasting History – Cardoon

Friday March 8, 2024, 9-11am &
Saturday March 9, 2024, 9-11am

In the “Placita” outside Mission Garden’s kitchen
FREE and open to the public, for all ages. All monetary gifts are appreciated. Your gifts help the garden grow.

Cardoon in flower in the Spanish Colonial Garden

Mission Garden grows hundreds of traditional local crops. The monthly Tasting History is an opportunity to learn about their origins, how they became part of our local agricultural and culinary traditions, how to grow them at home, and more. Docents will demonstrate and share tastings, written materials and recipes. You may arrive and approach the Tasting History information tables any time between 9am and 11am to learn and ask questions.

In March we feature the cardoon crop. Cardoons are the artichoke look-alike plants in the Spanish Colonial Vegetable Garden and other places around Mission Garden. Well adapted to arid regions, cardoons require only moderate irrigation. Although the fruit is edible, like small spiny artichokes, cardoons are cultivated for their fleshy stalks, which resemble celery but are rarely eaten raw. Come learn about this unique, easy-to-grow crop!

Please reach out to Kendall Kroesen, Mission Garden Outreach Coordinator at kendall@missiongarden.org for additional information.

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Cardoon

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Want to learn more about Cardoon at Mission Garden?

PDF: Download an in-depth information sheet all about cardoon (coming soon)

Storymap: Spanish Colonial Orchard