Simple Gifts
Community Garden
Garden updates
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Saturday workday start at 8:30am!
A slight change to the last post about Saturday workdays beginning at 9am – our Saturday harvest goes the The Point Church Care Pantry in Cary and goes out to families in need starting at 10:30am. We need to have all of our harvest completed, bagged and loaded into our volunteers’ cars no later than 9:45 to get it to Cary in time. It will be a bit chilly this Saturday (and possibly next), but please bundle up and come help us get this fresh, nutritious food to those in need.
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November workdays
November garden hours will be Saturdays only from 9am to noon. Come out and enjoy the beautiful weather, good friends and a more leisurely pace. The garden is coming into all of Fall’s glory right now – beautiful autumn blooms in the pollinator garden, delicious cool season crops like lettuce, beets and kale and a lovely orderliness that is a bit of a relief after the frenzied jungle of summer. (My favorite season is always…
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Garden Info at your Fingertips
Crowdsourcing at its best! Thanks to the wealth of knowledge our collective garden community possesses, there is a lot share with each other. We have two website pages that continue to grow with contributions from our garden volunteers. One is a collection of “how to” videos on a variety of topics, including our crops, the land we work to grow them in, and the infrastructure that supports all that. Check out our latest one, recorded…
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
- Saturdays, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM through Nov. 21
Duty roster
| Location | When | Summary | Description |
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| November 14, 2026 | Produce pickup – Martha H. | ||
| November 14, 2026 | Lowes Foods – Dave McKenzie | ||
| November 14, 2026 | Leader – Anne | ||
| November 17, 2026 | Compost WWCM – Zeb | ||
| November 20, 2026 | Compost – WWCM – Nick |
