GARDENING VEG OUT. Healthy eating and community camaraderie are what the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Organic Harvesters Hangout Project is all about. If you're interested in maintaining a small garden plot in the downtown area call 624-2447 for information. BOTANICAL GARDENS. The Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way, is now open from 7:30 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. 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. 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 May plant of the month is Verbena. Visit your local participating nursery and ask for your free Plant of the Month brochure. 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. Call 628-5628 for information. Last Chance TBG NURSERY CLOSE-OUT. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686. All TBG's trees, shrubs, and flowering perennials will be half-price from 9 a.m. to noon until Saturday, May 25.

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