Winter Gardening in Tucson with traditional and heritage crops: A hands-on workshop in a historic farm setting

$60 (There are three places in this class for those who may need scholarships. Please contact Dena Cowan at dena@missiongarden.org to inquire about scholarships.)
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Winter gardens are one of the most rewarding ways to get into gardening in the Tucson area. Topics of this class include:

• sense of place and heritage farming

• site selection

• soil preparation

• Irrigation

• choosing winter crops

• sourcing seeds and starts

• Timing

• Wildlife

• soil fertility

• Planting

• Thinning

• Mulching

• Weeding

• record keeping

• crop rotations

• tools and materials.

This class will move between Mission Garden’s Spanish Colonial Vegetable Garden and the Event Ramada. Participants will take home some complimentary seeds of winter garden crops from Mission Garden!