GARDENING HEAVENLY VIOLETS. The Tucson African Violet Society presents the Heavenly Violets show and sale from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, February 17, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, February 18, at Park Mall center court, 5870 E. Broadway. Call Barbara Fuller at 790-3439 for information. PLANT OF THE MONTH. The Arizona Nursery Association and Arizona Municipal Water Users Association have started a plant of the month program in order to meet the demand for more water-efficient plants. The Fairy Duster is the featured plant for the month of February. Visit your local participating nursery and ask for your free Plant of the Month brochure. BOTANICAL GARDENS. The Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Nursery hours are 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Saturday. Guided tours of the gardens are offered at 10 a.m. Wednesday and Saturday. Other regular attractions include the following: Birds and Gardening tours at 9 a.m. Tuesday; Gardening for the Newcomer, a monthly class from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; a plant clinic from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday; the Native Seeds/SEARCH mini-museum of ethnobotanical displays, open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and the TBG library, open 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Admission to the Botanical Gardens is $3, $2 for seniors, and free for children under 12. Call 326-9255 for information. TUCSON ORGANIC GARDENERS. The next meeting is at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 20, in Porter Hall. at TBG, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. Henry Yglecias gives good advice about Planning Your Summer Garden. The Master Composters of the Tucson Organic Gardeners master composters on site from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at TBG to answer all of your composting questions. Call the Compost Assistance Line at 798-6215; or call 883-0377 for information on monthly lectures. GARDEN DEMONSTRATIONS. The following free, one-hour demonstrations are offered at 9 a.m. Wednesdays at the Extension Garden Center, 4210 N. Campbell Ave.; and at 1 p.m. Wednesdays at the Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road: February 21, Organic Gardening. Call 628-5628 for information.

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