
Apollo Beach Garden Club and Community Forest Garden
We are a group of like-minded individuals who share their successes and failures about gardening and cultivation of plants in Central Florida.
Our organization strives to enrich outdoor garden experiences and education through programs, public awareness and expert recommendations.
The Club focuses on cultivation and propagation of native species, food crops, fruit trees and Florida-friendly plants.
Residents, friends and guests will learn about various plants, local environmental issues, and become more observant of nature.

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
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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
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:
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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
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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
