Place

Mission San Agustín del Tucson

A cactus with pink thorns

Quick Facts
Location:
946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson, AZ 85745
Significance:
Historic Site
On the western side of the Santa Cruz River, across the river from modern downtown Tucson, this location had long been occupied by a succession of people: Archaic, Hohokam, and Piman. On the site of the Piman village, the Spanish developed a substantial mission complex. Foundation walls and other signs of past occupation remain sufficiently intact.

This is the current site of Mission Garden. Mission Garden is a re-creation of the Spanish Colonial walled garden that was part of the original Mission San Agustín del Tucson and interprets the 4,000 years of agricultural history in Tucson. Mission Garden’s multi-generational, outdoor, hands-on educational setting encourages interactive exchange of traditional knowledge gathered from diverse community elders and historical documents. By exclusively growing heritage crops and heirloom trees, they aspire to test, refine, and evaluate the practical wisdom of long-term arid-adapted agricultural practices. 

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Last updated: April 10, 2024