Introducing the first annual TOG Shop Hop – Saturday, December 9 On December 9, it’s a pre-holiday plant crawl with discounts for TOG members at local garden-related small businesses & info and tours and good times for all! Got a gardener on your shopping list? (Maybe it’s you?) We’ve got you covered! We will be posting a detailed map of all participating vendors and hours next week, but here’s a sneak peek of the Hop Hosts we have lined up for you. All discounts are for TOG members only, but the activities are open to all! Watershed Management Group 10% off in the Welcome Center plus to ..read more

Plant native and near-native plants in and around the vegetable garden to repel or distract garden pests and attract native pollinators to support your garden.  Carianne of Strategic Habitat Enhancements and Jared from Spadefoot Nursery will be sharing great ideas for your garden ..read more

Lorien Tersey from Dreamflower Garden, an urban farmer who gardens in midtown Tucson, presented about growing root vegetables and other underground edibles in our Tucson climate!  It was a great presentation and well attended on-line and in person as well.  Lorien even shared some of her bulbs and starts with us to take home and brought fresh eggs to sell as well!  Each were a big hit!  We hope that you enjoyed the presentation ..read more

The Fall Plant Fair was held on 10/15/22 at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church at Alvernon and 3rd Street. It was great to see and connect with so many people! We had many members attend along with other customers which was outstanding! It ended up being a beautiful day and we had a vast array of offerings including several varieties of plants, soil amendments, irrigation options, crafts and gardening information. We also had a great array of raffle gifts that were donated by vendors and others that were a big hit! We had music for the first time thanks to the Dust Devils 2 band which was a great ..read more

It’s no small feat to successfully vermicompost in our desert heat. Nicci takes us on a quick tour of her in-garden worm bed, introduces us to her red wrigglers, and shares some of the strategies she’s used to keep them alive and thriving in the Tucson summer ..read more

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Michael Morse is the owner of Inch by Inch Worm Castings (https://inchbyinchaz.com/), a Tucson-based business selling worm castings and composting worms. Learn about the benefits of composting with red wigglers to produce fantastic fertilizer for your garden! Recorded April 19, 2022.   ..read more

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Melody Peters and Maribeth Slebodnik share information from their Tucson gardening experience. Melody discusses selection and cultivation of perennial vegetables in the desert, and Maribeth shares information about growing superfoods ..read more

Zoom presentation to TOG on December 21, 2021. Juan is a certified arborist who has worked with trees in Tucson for many years. He can be reached at juanjbarba.arborist@gmail.com ..read more