Tag: South Wake Conservationists
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Last Call for Native Plants
In case you missed it, South Wake Conservationists still has a few native plant species left from their plant fundraiser at the Simple Gifts Community Garden Open House Saturday, supporting their local conservation work. If you would like to get some beautiful native plants before the remaining ones are sold,…
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Open House & Native Plant Sale Sat., April 18th – Come One, Come all!
Our biggest event of the year! Since the grand opening of Simple Gifts Community Garden at our new location on Tingen Road, both our gardening community and our garden are thriving! We grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs. We’ve built everything using sustainable and organic practices, mostly…
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Calling All Volunteers to Help with our Open House April 18th!
This will be our second open house since our grand opening in May of 2024. Once again, we are co-hosting this event with South Wake Conservationists, which is offering a native plant sale as part of the event. We had an estimated 150-200 visitors last year, and it takes a…
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Join the Fun with the South Wake Conservationists!
Two special events coming up with Simple Gifts’ long-time partner, South Wake Conservationists, and you’re invited! This Friday, Aug. 15th, we are having our first Wildlife Trivia Night. Then, on Oct. 4th, we are holding our premier annual family event, Kids in Nature Day. Wildlife Trivia Night Calling all wildlife…
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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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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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Look Who’s Here!
We were excited to have a special visitor tonight. Anne is showing the rest of us how to not let adversity slow you down, coming out to the garden for the first time since her accident just a few weeks ago, escorted by her husband Rod. It was great to…
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Apex Welcomes Simple Gifts Community Garden 2.0!
It was a wonderful (thankfully rain-free!) morning in Apex on May 18th, celebrating the grand opening of our new location for the Simple Gifts Community Garden. In just fifteen months, this property went from an open, shrubby field to a fully-operational 1/2 acre garden with fencing, irrigation, electricity, 45 rows…
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A New Home for Purple Martins at Simple Gifts Community Garden
Continuing the garden’s partnership with the South Wake Conservationists, we were happy to install a new purple martin house assembly at the garden, just in time for nesting season. These amazing birds are just coming in from Brazil for the spring and early summer, as part of their annual migration.…