For a catalog ($1), write to Native Seeds/SEARCH, 526 N. 4th Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705-8450, (520) 622-5561. (Note: Seed orders are not taken over the telephone.)

Membership costs $25; free to Native Americans. Members receive The Seedhead News quarterly, which features gardening articles, as well as a 10% discount on purchases and workshops and reduced admission to the annual Chile Fiesta.

Demonstration gardens are open daily year-round. Vegetables are at their best during the summer rainy season (July to September), but there is something to see there in any month.

Offices, which include both the display room and the shop where catalog items are sold, are open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 4. In March and April, hours are extended to include Saturdays from 11 to 2.