This Program is Now Full
Registration for the Fall 2022 season of the children’s Vegetable Garden is now full.
To be added to a waiting list, please email us.
Set at the park’s Historic Homestead, the PHP Children’s Vegetable Garden is a place for children 5 to 14 years old to get their hands dirty as they learn every aspect of gardening, from planting to harvesting.
With the help of volunteers from the Bexar County Master Gardeners, children begin the morning each Tuesday with a hands-on activity in the garden, followed by a related lesson. Children have fun gardening while learning about teamwork, vegetable varieties, nutrition, and how to be good land stewards.
What to Expect:
Demonstration lessons showing planting techniques and sharing tips for successful growing of tomatoes, beans, squash, peppers, herbs, radishes, swiss chard, beets, and lettuce.
Hands-on gardening time for your children to plant, water, fertilize, weed and harvest.
Educational sessions in our outdoor classroom with lessons for your children on horticulture, nutrition, natural science, and journaling.
"Walk-the-plot" time with a Master Gardener volunteer to ensure that you are on track for a successful growing season.
Details:
Parent-Guardian Orientation Tues., Aug. 23, 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Program Begins Tues., Aug. 30, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Classes meet every Tuesday from Aug. 30 to Dec. 6, 2022
Cost is $75* per plot, with up to three children per family sharing a plot
Registration opens at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1
Waiver: All garden participants are asked to complete this waiver before attending the first class of the Children’s Vegetable Garden: https://forms.office.com/g/Kphtp2FZBv
Garden Expectations
This popular gardening program typically has more families trying to enroll than we have space to accommodate. Families get the most out of the program when they fully participate.
Before you register, please consider if your family is able to fully commit to the following expectations. If not, we ask that you wait for another season.
Participants are expected to attend the Children’s Vegetable Garden Program every Tuesday, August 23 through December 6th from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. No more than two absences are allowed (with exceptions for illness).
Participants should (1) be on time every Tuesday by 9 a.m.; (2) participate in all hands-on demonstrations; (3) attend all lessons; (4) notify leaders before class of any absences.
A parent/guardian/adult must attend and be available to help their child/children each Tuesday.
Siblings under 5 years old are not permitted inside the garden. Parents and guardians are expected to assist children in the garden, so care for siblings under 5 needs to be obtained.