UA Cooperative Extension

About the Garden Kitchen

We empower Pima County residents to build community wellness and make healthier choices through food, fitness, and gardening education.

 

Learn about all of the ways we work with Pima County community members:

Garden Kitchen Programs

Community Gardens

We offer garden installations, gardening classes, technical assistance, and seed-to-table nutrition education to qualifying partners in Pima County.

Community Gardens

The Garden Kitchen offers free garden installations, gardening classes, and technical assistance to qualifying partners in Pima County.

Early Childhood Education

The Garden Kitchen builds capacity and provides resources for qualifying Early Childhood Centers in gardening, nutrition and physical activity.

Early Childhood Centers

The Garden Kitchen builds capacity and provides resources for qualifying Early Childhood Centers in gardening, nutrition and physical activity.

PLAZA Mobile Market

Promoting Local AZ Agriculture (PLAZA) is a mobile farmers’ market operated by The Garden Kitchen. Come buy fresh, affordable, locally-grown fruits and vegetables!

Partners in Policy, Systems & Environmental Change

Together with our partners, we work to modify policy, and create systems and environmental change, in order to make healthy choices practical and available to all community members.

Partners in PSE Change

Alongside our partners, we work to modify policy and create systems & environmental change in order to make healthier choices feasible for all community members.

Garden Kitchen Events

Culinary Classes

Hands-on culinary classes offer a fun and interactive environment to learn new kitchen skills and techniques. Food you make will be both healthy and delicious!

Fit First Saturday

Fit First Saturdays are held monthly at The Garden Kitchen.  These free events include a physical activity class, a food demonstration and a gardening class.

Family Cooking Classes

Hands-on culinary classes offer a fun and interactive environment to learn new kitchen skills and techniques. Food you make will be both healthy and delicious!

Gardening Hour

Every Thursday we host a gardening hour open to the community, providing an opportunity for locals to learn more about home gardening and also allowing them to harvest.

Gardening Hour

Every Thursday we host a gardening hour open to the community, providing an opportunity for locals to learn more about home gardening and also allowing them to harvest.

Culinary Classes

Hands-on culinary classes offer a fun and interactive environment to learn new kitchen skills and techniques. Food you make will be both healthy and delicious!

Other Community Resources

Food Resources

The Garden Kitchen promotes the use of farmers markets and nutrition benefits programs. Find healthy foods and connect with your community.

Pima County Cooperative Extension

Cooperative Extension plays a unique role in rural and urban Pima County. Extension programs promote environmental stewardship, family well-being, youth development, and agriculture.

Pima County Cooperative Extension

Cooperative Extension plays a unique role in rural and urban Pima County. Extension programs promote environmental stewardship, family well-being, youth development, and agriculture.

AZ Health Zone

The AZ Health Zone supports communities across Arizona to make healthy changes. AZ Health Zone provides your family opportunities to be active and healthy your way.

SNAP-Ed

SNAP-Ed is an evidence-based program that helps people lead healthier lives. People eligible for SNAP will learn about nutrition, physical fitness and how to make food dollars stretch further.

Additional Resources

Click below to view additional community wellness resources for food security, whole health, gardening, employment, etc.

Diabetes Prevention Program

The PreventT2 lifestyle change program participants meet as a group, with a trained lifestyle coach, who empowers them to make changes to help prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.