Kitchen Garden

History Comes Alive! The Historic Odessa Foundation’s school program offers educators a well-documented, interactive and hands-on sampler of 18th century life in colonial Delaware. Although designed specifically with Delaware teachers in mind, our program is broad enough to accommodate school from other states, homeschoolers, youth organizations and summer camps.

Learn about 18th century life

Explore the Collins-Sharp kitchen garden and see how our ancestors used local plants and crops in their diets, their medicines, their perfumes and even in their scrub buckets. Take home an heirloom seed you have planted, tend it and watch it grow just as they did in the 18th century or take it back to the classroom for experiments in biology. Go on an herb search to identify common herbs by their appearance, smell and texture—and discover their uses today.

Contact our Education Office Wednesday and Friday at 302-378-5562 or e-mail our Education Curator, Johnnye Baker, at johnnye.baker@historicodessa.org.