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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We need YOUR help!
Hi, gardeners! First, we wanted to remind you that there are no more Thursday night workdays at the garden. They will pick up again next year when the harvest starts coming in. We still have Tuesday workdays from 5pm – 7pm and Saturday workdays from 8am – 12 noon. Our garden sponsor, Apex UMC, is
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Pollinator garden coming this fall!
Y’all put Sept. 28th (yes, it is a Sunday) on your calendar. As part of Apex UMC’s Faith in Action Sunday, we will be prepping and planting a pollinator garden along the lower fence near our beehives. Julie Casavant has researched and designed this garden as a part of her Silver Award for Girl Scouts.
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 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 | ||
| February 14, 2026 | Lowes Foods – LeighAnne |
Simple Gifts Community Garden 