Neighborhood briefs

Gardens host regular tours

There's always something happening at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way.

Take a historical tour of the gardens from 10 to 11 a.m. the third Thursday of the month. Learn about the original gardeners of Tucson Botanical Gardens, Bernice and Rutger Porter. Call 326-9686, Ext. 39, for more information.

The tour "Exploring Tucson Botanical Gardens," delivers plant trivia from 10 to 11 a.m. Fridays. Call 326-9686, Ext. 39 for information.

"Living with Urban Wildlife" is sponsored by the gardens, the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Tucson Audubon Society. It teaches how to co-exist with wildlife in an urban setting and how to avoid practices that can attract unwanted wild animals. The class is from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Call 326-9686, Ext. 10, for more information.

All of these events are included in the price of admission. The gardens are open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day and July 4. General admission is $5. Children ages six to 12 get in for $2.50, and younger children get in for free.

Reptile, amphibs show at Rodeway

The fifth annual Tucson Reptile and Amphibian Show and Sale will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 30 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 1. at the Rodeway Inn Event Center, 1365 W. Grant Road. Admission is $6 for adults, $3 for children ages six to 12 and free for children under age six.

Reptiles on display will include alligators, cobras, Gabon vipers, poison-dart frogs and giant monitor lizards. The Arizona Gane and Fish Department will be on hand with its rattlesnake collection, which includes every rattlesnake subspecies in Arizona.

Vendors will be selling and displaying nonvenomous, captive-bred snakes, lizards, frogs, tortoises, turtles and invertebrates (insects). Cages and supplies will be available for sale.

Find complete show information at www.tucson reptileshow.com. Call 405-7020 for more information.

Miramonte group holds meeting

The Miramonte Neighborhood Association meets at 7 p.m. tonight in the Ward 6 Office, 3202 E. First St. The meeting will be in conjunction with the sixth Miramonte Neighborhood Plan meeting organized by the University of Arizona's Drachman Institute.

south Side

Enchanted Hills neighbors meet

The Enchanted Hills Neighborhood Association meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. tonight at the Fred Archer Center, 1665 S. La Cholla Blvd.

Toumey Park residents to meet

The Toumey Park Neighborhood Association meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. tonight at the Columbus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St.

Northwest side

Potluck, meeting for Flowing Wells

The Flowing Wells Neighborhood Association and Community Coalition meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday with a potluck dinner at the Flowing Wells Junior High School cafeteria, 4545 N. La Cholla Blvd. Bring a dinner item to share; plates, utensils and drinks are provided.