Presentations & Recordings
Biochar – December 2023
Janick Artiola, Ph.D. is a Retired Associate Professor, Researcher, and Extension Water Quality Specialist from the Department of Environmental Science at the [...]
Arid Adapted Seeds – May 2023
Joel Johnson and Monica Sanders from Native Seeds/SEARCH will be providing an overview of how their organization grows, saves, and shares arid-adapted [...]
Tasting Your Community – January 2024
Jesus Garcia of Mission Gardens and the Desert Museum. Learn how Native Americans and modern residents of the Sonoran Desert Region have [...]
Fruit Trees For Tucson – October 2023
Emily Rockey – Mission Gardens. Drought tolerance is a highly desirable characteristic of desert dwelling fruit trees, especially in current climate conditions. [...]
Healthy Soils – September 2023
Shota Austin, of Tank’s Green Stuff, will discuss the foundation for healthy soil and how to foster healthy soil in the garden. [...]
Native and Near-Native Planting – March 2023
Plant native and near-native plants in and around the vegetable garden to repel or distract garden pests and attract native pollinators to [...]
Growing Root Vegetables and Tubers in Tucson
Lorien Tersey from Dreamflower Garden, an urban farmer who gardens in midtown Tucson, presented about growing root vegetables and other underground edibles [...]
Organic Gardening in the Tucson Desert
TOG member Melody Peters shared essential information for beginning desert organic gardeners. Joy Holdread shared information about transforming her city lot into [...]
Desert Worm Care with Nicci Romero
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, [...]
Worms, Worms, Worms – Vermiculture in Tucson
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 [...]
Perennial Vegetables & Superfoods for Tucson
Melody Peters and Maribeth Slebodnik share information from their Tucson gardening experience. Melody discusses selection and cultivation of perennial vegetables in the desert, [...]
Proper Tree Triming
Zoom presentation to TOG on December 21, 2021. Juan is a certified arborist who has worked with trees in Tucson for many years. [...]