Another Tucson spot has received national recognition as historic.
Mission Garden, the agricultural museum at the base of A Mountain, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sun shines on an archway full with Bottle Gourd vines in the Chinese Garden at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane.
It was recognized as one of the nation’s oldest, continuously cultivated landscapes. It is on ancestral lands of the Tohono O’odham, where people have farmed and gathered for over 4,000 years.
The designation was part of a preservation effort supported by a $500,000 Historic Preservation Fund grants from the National Park Service.
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It was awarded to the Pima County Office of Sustainability, which submitted the nomination.
Mission Garden was recognized as one of the nation’s oldest, continuously cultivated landscapes.
"This designation affirms the extraordinary significance of this place and the generations who have stewarded it,” said Alyce Sadongei, executive director of Mission Garden. “It recognizes Mission Garden as a nationally important cultural landscape and helps bring the story of Tucson's agricultural heritage to a wider audience.”
Visitors to the garden can observe farming methods and learn about the cultural traditions that sustained communities in the Santa Cruz River Valley.
Visitors to Mission Garden can observe farming methods and learn about the cultural traditions that sustained communities in the Santa Cruz River Valley.
The National Register affirmed the garden as both a steward of the past and a resource for the future.
Visit missiongarden.org for more information.
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