Tag: Community garden
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Early gardening is COOL(er)!
It’s not getting much cooler in the upcoming days so we’re modifying garden workday hours this week as well. Please note that Thursday morning hours are changing for the rest of July and August! Please remember to bring plenty of drinking water, take frequent breaks, wear sunscreen and a hat.…
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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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Greening the Garden for 2025!
What a great day at the garden! There was a whole lot of plantin’ and weedin’ going on, and the weather was perfect. We had a tremendous turnout and were happy to welcome so many new members. It was especially good to see the enthusiasm of the kids that came…
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Planting brassicas and meeting new friends!
Tomorrow morning from 9am to noon we’ll be planting kale, cabbage and broccoli seedlings that Larry started weeks ago as well as other cold weather crops from seed. We will continue rescuing our strawberries from the weeds that have tried to overtake them during the winter. And we’ll be preparing…
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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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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…
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Changes and opportunities!
We generally try not to put too many different topics in one email, but I beg your indulgance in this case as there are several changes and opportunities we want to share with you. Schedule changes – this Tuesday is the last Tuesday night workday for 2024. Daylight savings time…
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Hope to see you Tuesday and Thursday!
We have a big week coming up at the garden! On Tuesday, we’ll be planting 250 strawberry plants and could use your help getting them in the ground! This will be a multi-stage process and we’ll have 3 beds to plant, so there’s plenty for everyone to do. On Thursday,…