Begun in 1998 as a demonstration garden, in 2001 the Apprentice Garden became a hands-on educational program to teach families about organic vegetable gardening in an environmentally safe and sustainable manner.
Eight families, including one or more children of any age, participate in the season-long program to learn garden planning, planting methods, weeding and watering strategies, harvesting, and garden closing procedures.
Please be aware that there is no shade in the garden area so a hat and water bottle are recommended. Restroom facilities are near-by. The Apprentice Garden is reached via unpaved road surfaces which may be carefully navigated by a wheelchair. Families plant and maintain their individually assigned family plot, and all common areas, with the assistance of master gardeners. The project meets weekly from 6:30 pm to dusk from the first of April through September. Project participants are recruited through word-of-mouth and from families on the waitlist for community garden spaces at Kinder Farm Park.
The Apprentice Garden is located in Kinder Farm Park at 1001 Kinder Farm Park Road, Millersville, Maryland between Benfield Road and East-West Boulevard on Jumpers Hole Road.