GARDENING VEG OUT. Healthy eating and community camaraderie are what the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Organic Harvesters Hangout Project is all about. If you are interested in maintaining a small garden plot in the downtown area call Jennifer Morton at 624-2447. 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. Reservations are available for Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday, May 12, with seatings at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Cost is $17.50, children under 6 years free. Call 293-2424 for reservations. Experience an authentic English tea with scones, finger sandwiches, desserts and a variety of black and herbal teas from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Prima Donna Café. Cost is $7.95 per person, and reservations are required. Guided tours of the gardens are offered at 10 a.m. Wednesday and Saturday. Regular attractions include the following: Birds and Gardening tours at 9 a.m. Tuesday; Gardening for the Newcomer from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. the first Thursday and third Saturday of the month; plant clinics; 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 Master Composters of the Tucson Organic Gardeners staff a compost maintenance site at TBG from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday 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. 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. The May 15 program is How to Cope With the Stresses of the Summer. Call 628-5628 for information. Out Of Town HERB FESTIVAL. The second annual Herb Festival is Saturday, May 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, located 2 hours north of Tucson via Highway 79. Food, displays and herbal activities await. Admission is $4, $2 for children 5-12, free for kids under 5. Call 520-689-2811 for information.

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