A Tucson garden gets historic designation

Another Tucson spot has received national recognition as historic.

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.

“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.”

The National Register affirmed the garden as both a steward of the past and a resource for the future.