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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Check email for rain cancellation updates tomorrow
As much as I’d love to see you all tomorrow, I hope this is what our day will look like because we desparately need more rain! Please check your email by 7:30am tomorrow before you head out to the garden to see if our workday is canceled. I’m hoping our 80% chance of rain will come through for us at the garden. If you don’t see an email, head out to the garden and bring…
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Super Tuesday!
Oh what a night! Over 15 people turned out Tuesday evening to give summer crops a major kick start! This team planted new rows of watermelon, yellow squash, green beans, edamame, and eggplant. And then the hoops were brought back into service to cover the eggplant rows (one of which had to be nestled between existing carrots and radishes to get them all planted!). Potato beetles were picked with care. Companion plants were placed among…
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 | Compost WWCM – Zeb | ||
| June 16, 2026 | Produce delivery – Monty |
