Tag: South Wake Conservationists
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Come to Wildlife Trivia Night Friday 6:30 PM!
The challenge is on! Let’s show what the Simple Gifts Garden team can do. Get ready to test your knowledge of incredible animals and more at this fun community event hosted by your friends at South Wake Conservationists. Join us again at Black Dog Bottle Shop in Holly Springs on Friday,…
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Retracing the Lewis and Clark Expedition – LIVE PRESENTATION at Bass Lake Park Aug. 14th!
South Wake Conservationists Invites You to Join a Special Presentation SPACE IS LIMITED. Be sure to register early to reserve your spot to be one of the first to hear and see first-hand accounts of this exciting journey and meet Dr. Kays in person. Register below. Renowned National Geographic Explorer Dr.…
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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…