The Children's Garden · Child Care Center, Templeton
The Children's Garden is a licensed child care center in Templeton, CA, licensed for up to 53 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Has The Children's Garden had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
When was The Children's Garden last inspected?
Jan 21, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Children's Garden cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Children's Garden for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Luis Obispo County, which includes Templeton, was $1,407 a month for infants (about $1,780 today), $973 a month for preschoolers (about $1,230 today) and $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Children's Garden?
The licensee is Mercedes Petway, and the administrator listed with the state is Mercedes Petway.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 406217149 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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