REDUCE YOUR WATER FOOTPRINT

February 22, 2021

This article ran in the Winter 2019 Sonoran Quarterly issue One of the most frequently asked questions that the Garden receives is related to water and how it is used. Reducing the Garden’s water footprint and ensuring the plants the team is entrusted to care...

Celebrating Black History Month | George Washington Carver

February 22, 2021

The most prominent black scientist of the 20th century George Washington Carver was born in Missouri in 1865. As a child, he spent a lot of time outdoors working in a garden and became fascinated with plants. In the 1880s he attended Iowa State Agricultural College in...

Darren Chapman | A Community Pro

February 2, 2021

Meet Darren Chapman– Darren is a community pro-activist who has committed his life to helping people. He is Founder and CEO of TigerMountain Foundation (TMF), which has implemented Empowerment Initiatives to uplift communities and eliminate blight. TMF’s initiatives...

A Gourd-geous Fall Harvest

October 21, 2020

It’s decorative gourd season! For many, the term ‘gourd’ evokes images of the bizarre, colorful novelty crops that appear by the bushel-load in farmers markets and grocery stores each October and just as suddenly disappear after Thanksgiving. For warm climates like...

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