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CELEBRATING AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD TRADITIONS- AGAVE HERITAGE FESTIVAL, PUEBLO DE MAIZ, DIA DE SAN JUAN MENLO PARK COMMUNITY FESTIVAL, SAN YSIDRO WHEAT FESTIVAL, INDIGENOUS WINTER SOLSTICE TRADITIONS, RARAMURI RANCHERIA ESTABLISHED.EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS-HERB WALKS, TOHONO O'ODHAM AGRICULTURAL DAYS, ARCHAEOLOGY DAY, PROPOGATION WORKSHOPS, TREE CARE WORKSHOPS, AGAVE ROASTING DEMONSTRATION, TASTING HISTORY: MONTHLY INFORMATIVE, INTERACTIVE PUBLIC SESSIONS ENTITLED TASTING HISTORY FEATURING CROPS, PLANTS, WEEDS, RECIPES, TASTINGS, DEMONSTRATIONS OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN HARVEST, CHINESE VEGETABLE COOKING WORKSHOP, TOHONO O'ODHAM BASKETRY WORKSHOP, MEXICAN MEDICINE MAKING WORKSHOP, BIRD WALKS, TRIP TO OAXACA AND THE JARDIN ETNOBOTANICO, NATIVE AMERICAN ART FAIR, DRAGONFLY DAY, SEED SWAP WITH PIMA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, SUMMER SUNSETS SPECIAL HOURS AND PROGRAMSOUTREACH AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS- TUCSON UNESCO CITY OF GATRONOMY, COMMUNITY FOOD BANK, ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM, ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM, SAN XAVIER CO-OP, TOHONO O'ODHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, ISKASHITAA REFUGEE NETWORK, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE- DE ANZA TRAIL, IRONWOOD TREE EXPERIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, AMERICORPS. SAN AUGUSTIN FARMER'S MARKET, SANTA CRUZ VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA, MURAL PROJECT, PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE, HUALAPAI TRIBEAWARDS & GRANTS-TUCSON PIMA COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD FOR THE CELEBRATION OF TRADITIONAL TOHONO O'ODHAM AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AT MISSION GARDEN, THE STONEWALL FUND AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, SOUTHWESTERN FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION OF TUCSON REGION'S AGRICULTURAL HERITAGEPRESS-FOTB MISSION GARDEN SAW AN INCREASE IN MEDIA COVERAGE THAT INLCUDED ARTICLES IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND BOSTON GLOBE. FOR A FULL LISTING, INCLUDING VIDEO COVERAGE SEE HTTPS://WWW.MISSIONGARDEN.ORG/MEDIA-PRESSGARDEN ACTIVITIES- FOTB MISSION GARDEN IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WTH EXTENDED HOURS IN THE WINTER. TOURS ARE OFFERED THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS AND SPECIAL TOURS CAN BE ACCOMODATED WITH ADVANCE NOTICE. APPROXIMATELY 17 SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS WERE HELD SERVICING 624 STUDENTS FROM MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOMS.