Tag: Simple Gifts Community Garden

Great Southeast Pollinator Census at Simple Gifts Community Garden – Sat., Aug. 23

August 22, 2025

Stop by the Simple Gifts Community Garden in Apex at 3109 Tingen Rd., Apex. NC tomorrow morning, Sat., Aug, 23, anytime between 8 AM and 12 Noon to count pollinators at the garden’s beautiful pollinator gardens. This is citizen science at it’s best! The garden is full of blooms with everything from sunflowers and tithonia … More Great Southeast Pollinator Census at Simple Gifts Community Garden – Sat., Aug. 23

Plants Galore!

June 1, 2025

SWC and Simple Gifts Community Garden joined forces again to hold the SWC Native Plant Sale together with the Open House at the garden Saturday morning. The community came out in force, with an estimated 150-200 people attending this joint event. The seventeen species of plants were very popular, with the majority sold within the … More Plants Galore!

SWC Annual Native Plant Sale at Simple Gifts Community Garden May 31st!

May 16, 2025

Come to our native plant sale and invite your friends and neighbors. Fifteen beautiful, native herbaceous-plant species to choose from! It’s all happening at SWC’s annual native plant sale hosted at Simple Gifts Community Garden’s open house. Expand your pollinator garden collections while helping support the conservation work of our chapter. Most plants are in … More SWC Annual Native Plant Sale at Simple Gifts Community Garden May 31st!

Save the Trees! Volunteers Needed Sat. Nov. 16 to Cut Down Invasive Wisteria Vines.

November 12, 2024

Chinese wisteria is an aggressive, invasive plant from China, first introduced as an ornamental plant here in the early 20th century. Like most invasives, it has now escaped into the natural habitats, literally strangling trees and dominating the ecosystem, to the detriment of local wildlife. One such critical infestation is found in trees next to … More Save the Trees! Volunteers Needed Sat. Nov. 16 to Cut Down Invasive Wisteria Vines.

Groovin’ at the Garden!

May 18, 2024

It was wonderful (thankfully rain-free!) morning in Apex on May 18th, celebrating the grand opening of the sustainability-focused community garden, Simple Gifts Community Garden. SWC has partnered with the garden over the past year with a native plant sale, pollinator plantings, bluebird-house installations, and a purple martin house assembly installation. This garden uses environmentally-friendly methods … More Groovin’ at the Garden!

A New Home in Apex for the Purple Martins

February 29, 2024

Continuing our partnership with Simple Gifts Community Garden, 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. They  are the largest cavity-nesting swallow … More A New Home in Apex for the Purple Martins

Bluebirds & Pollinators at Simple Gifts Community Garden

December 13, 2023

Two more homes for bluebirds in Wake County! We installed two bluebird houses at Simple Gifts Community Garden in Apex on a beautiful late fall afternoon December 13. This brings the total installed in Wake County this year to 31. While there, the team also took the opportunity to plant five turks cap plants and sow seeds for … More Bluebirds & Pollinators at Simple Gifts Community Garden

Native Plant Sale!

September 12, 2023

Love native plants? So do we! Join us at Simple Gifts Community Garden for a native plant sale. We’ll have 4-5 native plant species available in 4 inch pots. Proceeds will go to the chapter’s efforts to conserve and restore wildlife habitat. This is also a great opportunity to tour Simple Gifts Community Garden and … More Native Plant Sale!