[1] Minnie and Max Voelcker owned and operated a dairy farm on the property.

Phil Hardberger championed this bond program as San Antonio mayor from 2005 to 2009.

The San Antonio City Council voted December 3, 2009, to name the park in honor of Hardberger's contributions to the project.

[3] Features include 7.5 miles (12.1 km) of trails, two playscapes on either side of the park, a nature play area for children, dog parks on both sides of the park, picnic facilities, basketball courts, an outdoor classroom, a children's vegetable garden, a wildscape demonstration garden, a restored wetland, the Salado Creek overlook, the Skywalk, and the Robert L.B Tobin Land Bridge.

[4][5] A 13-acre (5.3 ha) restored prairie landscape has been created.