Watch Now: Mission Garden Project is an Agricultural Museum
The Mission Garden Project is run by the non-profit, Friends of Tucson's Birthplace. Located west of downtown, it features Sonoran Desert-adapted fruit orchards and vegetable gardens interpreting 4,000 years of agriculture in Tucson. Video by: Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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