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Garden updates

  • 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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    Monty Moree

  • Irrigation System at the Garden

    Hi garden leaders. We had a small group at the garden last night but what a great time to be outdoors; if only all Saturday mornings could be so nice. 🙂 We noticed last night that the irrigation system was turned off on both sides. We’re not sure when this might have happened but I

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  • Tuesday April 9, 2013

    Hi, all! We have a beautiful day for working in the garden, so I hope you will be able to join us from 5:00-7:00 PM. There will be plenty do with harvesting, planting, weeding and preparing beds and paths.  Hope to see you this evening!  Ginny

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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!

Volunteer Signup & Wish list
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
Basket of fresh produce

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
  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  
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