Our mission is to preserve Phil Hardberger Park and its natural history, inspire learning, and create connections and engagement for enhanced well-being for all. 

Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy is a recognized model for how it supports urban ecology through its facilities, learning initiatives, and conservation projects.

Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy

This stunning heritage Live Oak tree has existed for at least 400 years. The way time and age have twisted the bark on the tree's trunk is a view to behold. Some have claimed to see images of wildlife in the curves of the bark. Cardinals regularly visit this spot. 

Phil's Tree

Golden Age is an art installation by Anne Wallace. The work was inspired by the history of the land that once saw regular wildfires and herds of buffalo.  The historic savannas were said to have grass as “high as a horse’s belly.” 

The wheels, made from agriculture irrigation wheels, are positioned in a way to have the glittering sequins just visible at the tops of the native grasses in the restored Savanna. The flickering sequins catch the sunlight, creating the effect of what settlers would see when spotting a wildfire in the distance. 

Watch the landscape change as different species emerge, bloom, and recede.

Golden Age in the Savanna

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, the students 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, agricultural commodities, nutrition, and how to be good land stewards. This program is active for 16 weeks in the spring and fall. 

Children's Vegetable Garden

The Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge is the first mixed-use wildlife crossing in North America. It's sucess demonstrates how we can live with wildlife and nature. In the grassland below the Land Bridge is a 250,000 gallon cistern that stores rainwater run off from the Land Bridge and neighboring development. The reclaimed water is used for irrigating the trees and a the two wildlife watering holes, which are adjacent to the wildlife blinds. All mammal species known to reside in the park have been photographed on the Land Bridge. 

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