Tasting History – Citrus
Friday February 9, 2024, 9-11am &
Saturday February 10, 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.
Mission Garden grows hundreds of traditional local crops. Tasting History is a new 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.
In February we feature the heritage citrus varieties grown in Mission Garden. We’ll talk about the origins of different citrus species from different parts of the world. You’ll find out when they came to Tucson, and how best to grow citrus trees. Mission Garden has Seville oranges, Valencia oranges, Mexican sweet limes, grapefruit, pomelo, Meyer lemon, and kumquat. Our experts will demonstrate the many ways of preparing and using citrus! There will be samples to taste! Marmalade made in the garden will be on sale at our shop.
Please reach out to Kendall Kroesen, Mission Garden Outreach Coordinator at kendall@missiongarden.org for additional information.
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Want to learn more about Citrus at Mission Garden?
PDF: Download an in-depth information sheet all about citrus
Storymap: Spanish Colonial Orchard
Video: In this short video Emily Rockey shares about Seville (Sour) Oranges 🍊: “Use Seville Orange anywhere that a recipe calls for lemon! This sometimes underappreciated fruit often goes to waste because we don’t yet know how to use it, but give it a try! It makes beautiful marmalade, yes, but put in marinades, sauces, braises, cocktails/mocktails, or slice into sparkling water for a refreshing beverage!”