Category: Events
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YMCA Camp Rocks at the Garden!
Today was the first of several YMCA of the Triangle Summer Camp visits to Simple Gifts Community Garden planned this year. Todays visiting camp was “CILT Camp” (Campers in Leadership Training), comprised of teens in rising 9th – 10th grade who are looking for opportunities to serve and lead. It’s…
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Open House Draws a Crowd!
Simple Gifts Community Garden joined forces again with South Wake Conservationists to hold an Open House together with the the SWC Native Plant Sale at the garden Saturday morning. This was our first open house since the grand opening last year and something we hope will become an annual tradition. The community came…
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Garden cancelled tonight! Come out Saturday to our Open House and native plant sale and invite your friends and neighbors!
Garden is cancelled tonight due to the rain! Please plan to join us this Saturday for our Open House and Native Plant Sale hosted by South Wake Conservationists. Regular garden work including harvest will begin at 8am followed by setup for the Open House which begins at 10am. Garden tours,…
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Open House & Native Plant Sale May 31st
Open House at the Garden Simple Gifts Community Garden at 3109 Tingen Rd., Apex, NC is excited to announce our first open house since our grand opening last year. Please join us on Sat., May 31st from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM (June 14th if raining) for garden tours, kids’ activities,…
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Calling All Volunteers for our Open House May 31st!
Opening our doors to the wider community! Since our grand opening last May, we have enjoyed steady growth, interest, and participation in our garden. As we enter our third season at this wonderful new location (thanks to YMCA of the Triangle), we are excited to host an open house. This…
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First day of Garden 2025 – THIS SATURDAY!
This Saturday (9am-noon) is our first workday of 2025! Hooray! I’m seriously ready for some “dirt therapy” and to see my friends again! We have lots of fun planned for this year and some new ideas to share with you. Saturday workdays will continue through November, moving back to 8am…
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New’s Year Eve Harvest
We’ll gather this coming Tuesday, December 31st at 10:30am at the garden to harvest collards and other crops for New Year’s luck! In case you’re not from the south (or haven’t lived here long), the traditional meal for New Year’s is black-eyed peas, collards (or other greens), pork and cornbread.…
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Winter Garden hours Monday
Our fall crops are doing so well that we’ll need to harvest again next week. We have kale, lettuce, bok choi, Swiss chard, carrots, turnips, broccoli and others to harvest including collards now that we’ve had some hard frosts. If you can join us this coming Monday, December 9th at…
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Come celebrate Nathan!
I hope you all can join us for our last workday of 2024 this Saturday from 9am to noon. We will be planting asparagus crowns, weeding and tucking in some of the beds for winter (meaning thick layers of leaf mulch) and celebrating Nathan Jesperson’s achievement as we award him…
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President’s Volunteer Service Award for Nathan
Join us on Saturday, November 23 at 11am! If you haven’t met Nathan Jesperson, you’ve missed a treat! This young man is a smart hard-worker and a joy to work alongside. His quiet persistance has a lot to do with how great the garden looks and how much food we’ve…