Tucson Weekly: Gardening (February 15

GARDENING

COMMUNITY GARDENS OF TUCSON. Learn to prepare a spring garden in the desert. Four sessions cover soils/fertilizers, irrigating, plant purchases, planting and more. Wear old clothes and boots. Meet at the garden at 4033 N. First Ave. February 18 at 3 p.m. or February 20 at 5:30 p.m. Cost of the class is $35. Call George Brookbank at 888-4586 for more information. Grow your own vegetables in community plots with drip irrigation. Master gardeners are on hand to help with gardening tips. Call Darlene at 795-6393 to find the site near you, receive a newsletter and join a garden meeting.
FARMACY GARDEN. 2450 S. Cottonwood Lane. The Farmacy Garden offers classes, workshops, teaching opportunities and internships in sustainable desert gardening. This 9-acre organic farm produces vegetables, medicinal and culinary herbs and flowers. The Farmacy Garden is a non-profit organization serving low-income singles and families lacking health insurance. Call 622-2241 for information.
GARDENING DEMONSTRATIONS. Pima County Cooperative Extension Garden Center. 4210 N. Campbell Ave. 626-5161. Learn to grow your own citrus tree February 21 at 9 a.m. Admission is free.
NATIVE SEEDS/SEARCH. Native Seeds/SEARCH is a nonprofit group working to conserve the traditional crops, seeds and farming methods of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. Call 622-5561 for information.
TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. Gardening for the Newcomer classes meet from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. the first Thursday and third Saturday of the month. Xeriscape classes meet the second Saturday of the month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Cost is $6, and includes admission; it's $4 for garden members. Regular admission to the gardens is $4, $3 for seniors, $1 for children 6 to 11 and free for members and children under age 5. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. The garden nursery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays-Sundays. Call 326-9686 for information.
TUCSON ORGANIC GARDENERS. St. Mark's Presbyterian Church Geneva Room. 3809 E. Third St. William Gross discusses how earthworms improve soil February 20 at 7 p.m. The Tucson Organic Gardeners meet the third Tuesday of each month through April. For more information call 670-9158 or visit tucson.com/nonprofits/TOG.