• Homestead Heritage Center & Prairie

    Homestead

    National Monument of America Nebraska

Community Garden

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NPS Allison Alley

Home grown vegetables

The community garden is coming back this spring!

It will be at the Heritage Center again near the Palmer-Epard Cabin. This will be a place for people to reconnect with the frugal homesteader by growing their own food and getting their hands dirty. The monument will provide a free 10 foot x 15 foot plot and water. No pesticides will be allowed. The plots will be available from dawn to dusk daily.

Before applying for a garden plot, applicants must read the Homestead Community Garden Rules and Regulations. Click here to read them.

Important Dates to Know:

Application deadline: March 30, 2012
Applicants notified of plot assignment: After April 2, 2012
Garden permits available for pick up starting April 3, 2012
Garden opens: April 3, 2012
Plots must be under cultivation by May 14, 2012
Garden closes: November 5, 2012

To download an application, click here. You can also pick up an application at the monument.

For more information, please contact Park Guide Allison Alley at 402-223-3514 or e-mail us.

To read the press release about this opportunity, click here.

Did You Know?

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During the height of the Homesteading era, Ellis Island was established to process the millions of people immigrating to America to acquire land.
  -- Homestead National Monument of America