Tucson Weekly: Gardening (March 15

GARDENING

COMMUNITY GARDENS OF TUCSON. 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 design desert landscapes March 21 at 9 a.m. Admission is free. Coming March 28: buying garden and landscape plants.
HYDROPONIC GARDENERS. UA Agri-Farm Greenhouse. 2031 E. Roger Road. This group meets the second Saturday of every month. Call Bob at 327-8822 or Jo at 751-1005 for information.
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.
SPRING PLANT SALE/LECTURE. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. It's time to think about planting that spring garden, so head over to the park for its spring plant sale March 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the greenhouse parking lot. There is a variety of plants to choose from including wildflowers, native grasses, cacti and succulents. Special guest Scott Millard, author of How to Grow the Wildflowers, The Low-Water Flower Gardener and Pruning, Planting and Care is on hand to sign copies of his books.
TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. Horticulturist Solveig Palanek presents Plant Selection for the Low Water Landscape March 15, April 19 and May 17 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $4 for members and $6 for nonmembers. The annual spring plant sale takes place March 17-18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Choose from cacti, succulents, herbs and low-water use landscape varieties. Pots, soils and other gardening necessities are also available for purchase. Join Cornelia Smyth March 24 from 9 a.m. to noon for a hands-on workshop in the practice of using pure essential oils for invigorating the spirit and enhancing health. Cost of the class is $25 for members and $28 for non-members. Take a wildflower hike with Meg Quinn March 21 from 8 a.m. to noon. Wear sturdy walking shoes and bring water, a hat and a snack. Cost of the hike (location to be announced) is $10 for members and $12 for non-members. 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. Anne Phillips presents permaculture as a way to work with the earth March 20 at 7:30 p.m. Prior to the lecture, speak with gardening experts, visit the gardening display or purchase plants, seeds and produce. Admission is free. 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.