The Friendship Garden Preschool
The Friendship Garden Preschool is a licensed child care center in Atascadero, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 13 centers in Atascadero and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does The Friendship Garden Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has The Friendship Garden Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does The Friendship Garden Preschool compare with other daycares in Atascadero?
It is tied for #1 of 13 centers in Atascadero by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was The Friendship Garden Preschool last inspected?
Mar 18, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Friendship Garden Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Friendship Garden Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Luis Obispo County, which includes Atascadero, was $973 a month for preschoolers (about $1,230 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Friendship Garden Preschool?
The licensee is Margit Bereda, and the administrator listed with the state is Margit Bereda.
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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 406216585 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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