• Homestead Heritage Center & Prairie

    Homestead

    National Monument of America Nebraska

Community Garden

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Home grown vegetables

NPS Allison Alley

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 period is February 19, 2013 until March 15, 2013.
Applicants notified of plot assignment after March 16, 2013.
Garden permits available for pick up starting February 19, 2013.
Garden opens: Upon notification of plot

Plots must be under cultivation by May 17, 2013.
Garden closes: November 5, 2013

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

For more information, please contact Natural Resource Manager Jesse Bolli at 402-223-3514 or contact him via email.

Did You Know?

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To "Prove up" a homestead the owner was required to make improvements including building a home and break the soil and plant a crop.
  -- Homestead National Monument of America