Simple Gifts
Community Garden
Garden updates
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Please Support the Scout Building our Accessible Garden Tables
Secure a spot and receive a $30 egift card Dhruv Manchikalapati is working toward earning his Eagle Scout rank with his BSA troop, Troop 320, and plans to build accessible garden tabls for our garden this spring as his project. Traditional garden beds are placed on the ground, which makes gardening difficult or impossible for
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Saturday April 27, 2013
Hi gardeners! Hope you are all doing well; gorgeous day today, eh? (Practicing my Canadian there. Since the weather is reliably nice and warm now, our Saturday work hours have officially shifted to 8-11. Wendy will be your go-to garden leader tomorrow morning to direct the work. Tomorrow we continue with more bed prep, planting
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Saturday April 13, 2013 Garden Day
Hi gardening friends. Happy Friday! I don’t know about you, but I surely was glad to see the rain overnight to clear the pollen out of the air. I know it’s a brief reprieve but I enjoyed the fresh air without the throat-clogging yellow gunk this morning. Tomorrow’s workday will start at 8am with Fred
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
- Closed for the season
Duty roster
| Location | When | Summary | Description |
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| January 27, 2026 | Compost WWCM – McAlisters | ||
| January 31, 2026 | Lowes Foods – Debbie F | ||
| February 3, 2026 | Compost WWCM – Rob | ||
| February 7, 2026 | Lowes Foods – Debbie F. | ||
| February 10, 2026 | Compost WWCM – Cindy |
Simple Gifts Community Garden 