Apollo Beach Garden Club & Community Forest Garden

Apollo Beach Garden Club and Community Forest Garden

Apollo Beach Garden Club & Community Forest Garden

1 day 5 minutes ago

I love a good problem to solve. Rats in the garden keep literally EATING through every barrier we install from tree fruit bags to using leftover metal screening from pool areas blown out during hurricanes to stop them from taking our pineapple and sugar apple harvests with very limited success. They instantly started eating through the tree mesh bags leaving nothing but bags of sugar apple seed hanging from the tree or strewn about around the garden to never be reused again and chucked as trash. The metal pool screening started being gnawed at in the thinnest areas within a

Apollo Beach Garden Club & Community Forest Garden

1 day 2 hours ago

There was a delay, so our shipment of Vego beds will not arrive until Monday, but we still got things prepped today. All the D row bed frames were taken apart and removed in readiness for the new beds to arrive. Today, our garden leader, Frankie, (he's only 14 years old) learned how to use a power drill to take apart the in-ground cedar bed frames. He loves volunteering in our garden and is always so eager to learn new skills, especially when it involves power tools that make jobs easier. All we do is show him how, go over

Apollo Beach Garden Club & Community Forest Garden

1 day 19 hours ago

CALLING ALL VENDORS!

We are still adding additional vendors to our Fall Plant Sale lineup and would love a food vendor to round out our roster. Pretty please, with sugar on top?

We are seeking garden themed item purveyors, anything that focuses on organic growing, tools/supplies providers and possibly an orchid specialist.

This sale we are limiting our vendors to 10 spots, with few remaining available. DM today for additional information.

Learn more here:

Apollo Beach Garden Club & Community Forest Garden

3 days 39 minutes ago

We have a busy weekend ahead. Your board members have been busy behind the scenes getting all the pieces into place to keep expanding and growing our gardening community in short order. On Tuesday, we had 6 massive sacks of soil delivered from Big Earth and tomorrow the last 12 Vego beds needed to complete our full garden bed overhaul are being delivered, thanks to an incredible grant through Homegrown Hillsborough. On Saturday, our workday will consist of moving 8 sets of boxed beds into the shed for storage, dismantling the existing cedar in-ground frames in the D row of

Apollo Beach Garden Club & Community Forest Garden

4 days 22 hours ago

Inventory for our Fall Plant Sale is coming right along.

Apollo Beach Garden Club & Community Forest Garden

5 days 1 hour ago

With Florida Federation of Garden Clubs – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers 🎉

How To Connect


Join

Become A Member
  • Attend FREE "Members Only" events and workshops.
  • Receive our monthly newsletter packed with info.
  • Learn By Doing.

Volunteer

Tue & Sat 8:30 AM - 11:30AM
  • Learn
  • Share
  • Grow
  • Connect

Donate

Make A Difference
  • As a 501(c)3 non-profit, all donations are 100% tax deductible.
  • Your generous support allows us to provide valuable community services.

Garden Tasks for Volunteers and Members

  • Weeding along entryway, between garden beds, around shade sail area, nursery area, fencing interior and perimeter and in food forest
  • Clean and organize shed
  • Organize pots behind shed
  • Mulching between beds and throughout garden
  • Weed eating/whacking perimeter of garden and forest
  • Water all plants along fence and forest

Please consult with the Forest Garden Coordinator before pruning or planting.

664 Golf and Sea Blvd, Apollo Beach, FL 33572