HomeMy WebLinkAboutPackets - Council Packets (721)NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE GARDEN
STEAM PUMP RANCH
Native American Heritage Garden at Steam Pump Ranch: A Project of the Oro Valley Historical Society; Supported by a generous donation from Oro Valley Town Citizen: Bill Adler
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JUST AN IDEA
Original Design depicting circular “Three Sisters Garden”, Hohokam Irrigation Canals, Agave Fields
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A BARREN FIELD
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A BEAUTIFUL BACKDROP
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PREPARING THE SOIL
SUNKEN PLANTING BEDS
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A CURIOUS OBSERVOR
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WILDLIFE RETURNS
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CORN, BEANS and SQUASH
Tohono O odham Traditional Crops: 60-day corn; tepery beans; squash:HA:L
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Harvesting and directing rainwater; runoff irrigation
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GARDEN VISITORS
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GARDEN GROWS WELL
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A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST
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NATIVE FOODS AND PLANTS
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Heritage Garden Program Possibilities
NATURAL HISTORY: SOIL SCIENCES, WATER CONSERVATION, BIOLOGY
LOCAL HISTORY AND PREHISTORY: HOHOKAM LIFEWAYS, INCLUDING IRRIGATION PRACTICES, ARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOBOTANY
HERITAGE FOODS AN CULINARY ARTS: ARID- LANDS CROPS; HOW TO GROW, HARVEST AND PREPARE THEM
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Heritage Garden Arts Program Possibilities
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Seed Money Harvested
Bill Adler harvests first crop of 60-day corn
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Once an Idea, now a Garden
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COME AND SEE
ORO VALLEY’S HERITAGE GARDEN
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