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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Accessible Garden Boxes Under Construction!
Construction of two accessible garden boxes we have been looking forward to introducing to our garden is well underway! Dhruv Manchikalapati of BSA Troop 320 in Fuquay Varina is leading this project for his Eagle Project. Ron Nobles, a retired Industrial Arts teacher, is offering expert guidance (and tools) to implement a complex design from a California state agency. The project will deliver two eight-foot table-top gardens with drainage that will be accessible from both…
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Garden cancelled today
Today’s garden workday is cancelled due to much needed rain! Please join us Tuesday evening 5-7pm for planting, harvesting, weeding and watering. We have lots of springs crops to harvest and many summer crops to plant including annual flowers for our cutting garden. Hope to see you soon, Anne
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 | Produce pickup – Gloria R | ||
| June 13, 2026 | Leader – Bruce | ||
| June 16, 2026 | Leader – Zeb | ||
| June 16, 2026 | Produce delivery – Monty | ||
| June 16, 2026 | Compost WWCM – Zeb |
