FREE, Friday 8-10am, Saturday 8-10am. The July Tasting History program is about prickly pears --both nopales pads and tuna fruits--especially domesticated varieties. Come learn how to harvest, prepare, and taste the diversity: get to know more than 20 distinct, delicious, and nutritious prickly pears growing in the Garden! .

FREE, Friday 9-11am, Saturday 9-11am. The June Tasting History program is about garlic and onions. We’re educating about where these crops comes from, how they grow here, and how they area used in cooking. (Click photo for event details)

FREE, Friday 9-11am, Saturday 9-11am. The March Tasting History program is about wheat. We’re educating about the wheat grown here historically in the run up to the San Ysidro wheat harvest festival the following Saturday, May 18. (Click photo for event details)

FREE, Friday 9-11am, Saturday 9-11am. The March Tasting History program is about cardoon. This is an under-appreciated close relative of artichoke, but that is prepared in a different way. Tasting History is every second week of the month, on both Friday and Saturday, and features an educational activity about a crop that’s currently being harvested. (Click photo for event details)

FREE, Friday 9-11am, Saturday 9-11am. February’s Tasting History program is about the many kinds of citrus at Mission Garden! Tasting History is every second week of the month, on both Friday and Saturday, and features an educational activity about a crop that’s currently being harvested. (Click photo for event details)

FREE, Friday 9-11am, Saturday 9-11am. January’s Tasting History program is about the leafy greens and culinary herbs grown at Mission Garden. (Click photo for event details)

FREE, Friday 9-11am, Saturday 9-11am. December’s Tasting History program is about squash! Every second week of the month, on both Friday and Saturday, we’ll feature an educational activity about a crop that’s currently being harvested. (Click photo for event details)

FREE, Friday 9-11am, Saturday 9-11am. November’s Tasting History program is about olives! Every second week of the month, on both Friday and Saturday, we’ll feature an educational activity about a crop that’s currently being harvested. (Click photo for event details)

FREE, Friday 9-11am, Saturday 9-11am. This month Tasting History is about quince (membrillo)! Every second week of the month, on both Friday and Saturday, we’ll feature education about a crop that’s currently being harvested. (Click photo for event details)

FREE, Friday 9-11am, Saturday 9-11am. Welcome to our inaugural Tasting History opportunity, featuring pomegranates! Every second week of the month, on both Friday and Saturday, we’ll be featuring educational material, demonstrations, and tastes of the heritage crops we’re currently harvesting. Have you ever tasted a sweet soft-seeded Sonoran White pomegranate? Here’s your chance! (Click photo for event details)