The Cibolo Nature Center & Farm has a new name — same great mission.
Students will plant their garden beds in our beautiful Teaching Garden at Herff Farm and learn core skills while learning about organic gardening techniques, culinary and medicinal uses of plants, food systems, and plant and soil biology in our gardening homeschool program.
TO REGISTER OR LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR HOMESCHOOL OR OUTDOOR LEARNING PROGRAMS
Please contact nature@cibolo.org or call 830-249-4616.
DATES:
Wednesday Class: Sept 15th– Nov 17th. And a Market Prep Day on Dec 3rd.
PRICING:
Pricing: $200 per 10-week class per child. $100 per additional child in the same family. One garden plot will be allotted per family.
Children 3 years old & up in attendance will be charged as participants.
CLASS SIZE:
Limited to 12 families.
Get ready to get your hands dirty, get some sunshine in the open air, and learn how to grow food, flowers, and herbs. Our homeschool classes combine academics with hands-on gardening at the historic Herff Farm. Each week will include a garden-based lesson with Maura Bobbitt, our Farm Programs Coordinator, and time to garden in your own 4’ x 20’ adopted garden bed, supported by our farm staff.
Organic gardening and sustainable living mean understanding our place within the larger ecosystem. So we’ll cover a wide range of topics such as soil and plant biology, organic gardening methods, garden design and planning, decomposers and composting, and culinary and medicinal uses of the plants we grow. Course tuition includes an opportunity to sell products you have grown at the Farmers Market at Herff Farm.
GROW WITH US!
Note that a parent or caregiver will stay for the program since this course is designed for family participation.
Our homeschool programs can serve children ages 4-18. These classes are highly customizable, and are designed to engage children, teenagers, and parents as well.
One parent or guardian is required to stay for the duration of the class, so please plan to come learn as a family.
Your tuition covers a place in the class for each member of your family, a 4’x20’ irrigated garden bed at Herff Farm, a seasonal selection of transplants and seeds to plant in your beds, and all additional supplies for exciting projects like growing your own oyster mushrooms and starting your own worm compost.