Tasting History – Quince

Friday October 13, 2023, 9-11am &
Saturday October 14, 2023, 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 October we feature quince. Quince is an underappreciated fruit today but was heavily used in the past in baking and for making preserves. There will be quince recipes you can try and we’ll provide sample tastes of quince. If you decide you want to experiment at home, our shop will be selling quince fruit!

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

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Read about fruit trees, including quince, that once grew here during the Spanish colonial period, and beyond.