Mission Garden will always be one of my favorite spots to bring visiting friends, or take a peaceful moment and shop their home-grown produce and potted plants (you can buy a fig, orange or sweet lime tree or agave!). Their shop offers many local products including their homemade lemon, lime and Seville orange marmalades (and fig jam jf you're lucky in the right season). Their variety of different geographic region gardens take you on a journey across continents and inspire me teach time to expand my own planting varieties. They are also a beautiful venue for wedding receptions, especially march at sunset. read more

Mission Garden - Shop - Parks Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

A beautiful oasis to come and stroll in beautiful nature, take in the aromas of lovely fruits/ flowers ( citrus, figs, pomegranate etc), and in the process learn about the cool history of this area. It's a active working garden space with beautiful produce and flowers being grown and harvested seasonally. Lots of benches / ramadas thru out the park to stop and breathe or read a book in the middle of this beautiful space. They have educative programs including a monthly bird walk. The gift shop has some cool finds and includes jams made in- house and produce from the garden for sale. There is even a chicken coop and water feature. All the staff/ volunteers are super friendly. Fun for all ages. Free but donations appreciated. read more

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Mission Garden is not only beautiful year round, but it also provides a unique look into Tucson's history through agriculture. I can spend hours here, learning about the various plants and farming methods, and I love that our climate allows for blooms and flowering plants any time of the year. The garden is beautiful in the spring, of course, but also lush and green in the winter months. I definitely recommend visiting during some of their tasting events, and don't forget to check out the market on your way out for delicious jams and marmalades made from citrus at the garden. Mission Garden is a great place to take out of town guests, but also a must-see for residents who haven't yet been. read more

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This magical garden is a real hidden gem. I stumbled upon it one Sunday morning when taking my dog Shelby for a ride! Garden employee Megan was very welcoming and kindly helped me back my car out of the dirt entry path (more complicated and dramatic than it sounds), which I initially had not realized was not for traffic. Shelby, who stayed on leash the entire time as required, loved the Hollyhocks and the chickens and the treats in the garden's very cool store! read more

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Such a wonderful place that I absolutely love visiting. Being a big foodie I love their Tasting History programs. They always have very interesting and educational things and delicious food made with the food they grow. I so much look forward to these. They also make wonderful creative jams that are sooo delicious form their produce. I also have enjoyed their other programs that included native agriculture language. Such a special place. read more

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A must visit for anyone interested in Tucson history and/or horticulture. Fascinating to "journey" through so many different eras and influences to Tucson flora. read more

Closed Sunday Monday Tuesday's today Sunday attending a beautiful celebration of life at historic ancestral land mission gardens . Mud Adobe walled large ancient garden recreated at the bottom of A mountain s of 22nd st off Grande on mission Ln approx 1/2 mile n of 22nd st . Many unique gardens representing diverse cultures , tribes , & eras of tucson history of agriculture on the banks of the Santa Cruz . I assume the garden is available to rent / use for a special event or occasion? Grateful to finally visit this garden to honor the tradition of a unique human . read more

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We love to go to gardens when we are on vacation and really enjoyed the history of this garden. We happen to come during the Agave festival and it was super fun to be able to try the Agave . Be sure to look at hours before coming as they are limited. Wonderful experience and we learned a lot! read more

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History and gardens in one amazing place! Each of the various gardens represents a different experience from the history of Tucson

Stunning! Went to the garlic festival this last weekend and they have fruit trees, veggies, flowers and plants of all kind! The gift shop is really cute and it was inspiring seeing all they grow in the desert read more

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Beautiful garden, friendly staff, and wonderful little gift shop! This is a great place to take a stroll on a hot day in Tucson. Tree lined paths, bountiful blossoms, and often a nice assortment of produce grown on site. They also have good plant sales and a lovely little gift shop if you're looking for locally produced things like soap, herbs, spices, and plant books. It's a great place to learn about Tucson history, and fun for kids (ask about the scavenger hunt). It's also a wonderful venue for events! We had our wedding here last April and it was gorgeous. They have tables and chairs, lighting, and a sound system, but you have to bring in everything else. The staff were easy to work with and very communicative, and it was a special place to have a party under the stars. One of my favorite places in Tucson! read more

A very beautiful and educational garden for the public to visit . We visit each year in the winter and usually just see bare trees. But today (later in the year) many of the fruit trees and flowering plants were in bloom! The smell was so sweet! Do pick up some of their marmalade and jams made from their fruits!. They offer classes, demonstrations about local and historical plant life. Don't miss it! read more

All the many times I have been to Tucson this was the first time I have been to Mission Garden. We went for the Pomegranate Festival. While the gardens themselves are beautiful and pleasant to walkthrough the Pom Fest was lacking in a major way. I was unsure if the suggested $5 donation was per person or per group. We paid per person and found a per person donation to be overpriced for the event. They had many vendors like a farmers market, but there weren't many pomegranate type things. One pomegranate wine (which was sold out), and then a few different varieties of pom seeds. I was expecting to be able to sample or buy some different pomegranate foods, and sad when there wasn't anything to try besides the seeds. I do recommend the gardens to walkthrough if you are near them. They may not be worth driving out of the way for. read more

This is a work in progress kind of place but definitely worth a visit. It's a place where they are growing foods from the various stages of those living in the Tucson area. It's easy to find, it's at the base of A mountain. read more

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Off the beaten path and quite interesting. Wander through the gardens to learn about Tucson's historic agricultural heritage.

I attended their "citrus tasting" this morning and might go again tomorrow. It is indeed a gem of a garden--the love and commitment to the garden is apparent in the lush growth of the carefully tended plots. The plots are organized by ancestral and current immigrant cultures in pre and post colonial eras. Right now (February) there's still citrus on the trees which was a treat for me to see. It was one of those moments where you realize oranges are alive and well in nature before they become a pyramid in the grocery store. read more

I loved that they sell cuttings of the fig tree. They also sell the fruit. It was really fun to see and I loved walking around it.

A hidden gem indeed. This garden holds Tucson's history. Must visit for locals and visitors.

This is such a hidden gem, and a quick detour from downtown. A beautiful walled heritage garden with some of the best plant events and sales in the city. Would highly recommend a visit. read more

The Mission garden is definitely a hidden gem of Tucson. At the base of Sentinal Peak this historic garden tries to continue the gardening traditions of the native peoples of Tucson and the Spanish missionaries that settled here. The garden is free to enter, but a donation is much appreciated. They have a small orchard and tons of gardens if both native fruits and veggies and the plants the missionaries brought with them and cultivated. The volunteers are happy to discuss the plants with you and you might even learn a little about the history of Tucson! read more

This is a super cool project, mostly run by aging retiree's (not to be redundant). There is not a lot to visit here, the adobe walls are beautiful, the range of gardens are interesting and varied. There are some really beautiful pomegranate, and fig trees as well as some citrus. They are going to be putting in an education center and kitchen. I've only gone once for a fundraiser, they did a very nice job with the food, entertainment, and beverage service. I plant devote, and have spent oodles of time surrounded by and working with all aspects of flora and fauna. I will probably not be spending too much time here though. I want to love it, but I just don't, and I feel guilty about that. It took some pondering before I came up with reason why the adulation wasn't surging up from deep within my soul. I realize I'm not a gardener and this is a place for gardeners, so i can come in and chat but I am not going for a prolonged stay. If you are a gardener, you should go for it. read more

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While this is not an official botanical garden with perfectly manicured and placed species of trees, this is a working garden that feeds people, but also serves people by existing. Mission Garden is stunningly beautiful, and I might add that there is no better place to witness real, live history continuing and happening. It's free to enter the garden at the base of A Mountain (sometimes referred to as Sentinel Peak). Once you walk in you are transported to centuries-old Tucson. If you are lucky (and you probably will be that day) there will be a selection of veggies or fruit for sale at extremely reasonable prices. If you are interested in seeing where your fruit or veggies are grown just take a meander down some of the garden paths and stumble into the fruit orchards. There are people volunteering and working here who are filled with knowledge: gardening, history, and Tucson knowledge. This is also a place where people can volunteer to help! Mission Garden is truly beautiful and spectacular, and I plan to make this a regular place to drop by for a relaxing moment or pick up some very fresh nourishment. read more

Refreshing to see our community come together to not only grow a native garden, but to nurture, feed, educate and grow a community! It's a must to not only support this Garden with either time, money, or purchase (fresh fruit and veggies) , but to trully embrace the ideal of growing sustainable food. This is a fantastic project! read more

I love what they are doing here. It is "a re-creation of the Spanish Colonial walled garden that was part of Tucson's historic San Agustin Mission" It is really interesting and inspiring to see what has grown historically in this climate/ this city specifically and draw inspiration from that for my own landscaping project. I really enjoyed the tour and learned not only what the plants were but why/when they were grown and the uses for them. I think of it as kind of a museum of Tucson's plant and agricultural history as well as a classroom. read more