Simple Gifts
Community Garden
Garden updates
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The Lure of the Garden
We had the pleasure of welcoming back a group of seniors from Sage Crossing to the garden again Friday. These folks, who have some level of memory loss, were enthusiastic about doing some hands-on gardening again. They had planted a row of zucchini last March, and on Friday they scored a big harvest from those plants! These were blue-ribbon quality zucchini! They filled a small cart with the produce, delivered to the row by our favorite two-year-old apprentice gardener, Sadie. And “JJ” even found a zucchini shaped just like his monogram in the shape of a “J!” After that, they…
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Potato Palooza
One potato, two potato, three potato, four . . . or is that four hundred? We didn’t count them, but it was a whole lot of potatoes harvested from just one row this morning! Good ones! And there are still three more rows remaining for future harvests, so get those gloves out and get ready for the next few garden workdays. There is a certain joy in discovering what lies hidden beneath the soil when…
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You might know somone on this video podcast!
About a month ago, Monty and I were invited to talk with Marvin Waldo of the Filling the Glass video podcast. This is a relatively new venture with the goal of building community and encouraging empathy right here in the Apex area. In their words, “each one of these podcasts features your neighbors–some you know and others you may not–working within their own daily lives to restore a sense of community. It’s an ongoing process…
Volunteer opportunities
In addition to our garden work on scheduled garden workdays, including soil prep, planting, watering, weeding etc., there are other important supporting tasks that make the garden go. See some examples below. If you would like to sign up to help with any of these on particular dates, please go to our sign-up sheet by clicking the button below. Many hands make light work!
Compost Turning
Expired Produce Pickup
Pollinator plant wish list
Our vision
- Living example of sustainable local food production
- Learning center for gardening and natural resource conservation
- Abundant, high-quality organic produce for those in need
- Inspiration and inclusive engagement of the Apex area community
- Youth motivated to help others and the environment
Core values
- Welcome all people to participate
- Garden organically
- Feed the food-insecure via local food banks
- Educate about sustainability and conservation
- Support pollinators and the ecosystem
What we do
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Feed the Hungry
Collective effort to bring fresh organic produce to local food banks
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Build Inclusive Community
Working, digging, sweating, and laughing together . . . all are welcome!
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Encourage Community Service
Youth groups, teen service hours, community service hours, corporate volunteers
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Educate about Sustainability
Learn by doing – we all learn together and share the knowledge freely
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Support Nature
Using sustainable practices, including organic gardening, diverse pollinator beds, and support for native plants and wildlife
Current garden hours
- Saturdays, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Tuesdays, 5:00 – 7:00 PM (starting Mar. 10th)
Duty roster
| Location | When | Summary | Description |
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| June 13, 2026 | Leader – Bruce | ||
| June 13, 2026 | Produce pickup – Gloria R | ||
| June 16, 2026 | Produce delivery – Monty | ||
| June 16, 2026 | Compost WWCM – Zeb | ||
| June 16, 2026 | Leader – Zeb |
