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APPLES interns grow in garden

Posted on February 3, 2022 (February 3, 2022) by Jennifer Peterson
APPLES intern Becca at the CCG

APPLES intern Becca Beechold with a tomato harvest at the Carolina Community Garden By Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern The North Carolina Botanical Garden’s partnership with APPLES Service-Learning offers students…

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Carolina Community Garden Food Scraps Find New Home

Posted on May 19, 2021 (May 19, 2021) by Emily Oglesby
Pigs munch on greens and other veggie scraps

We’re delighted to have a new outlet for veggie scraps from our Carolina Community Garden: the pigs at the Chapel Hill Creamery farm (and soon, pigs from Small Potatoes Farm…

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Winter Harvest at the Carolina Community Garden

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Emily Oglesby
Two volunteers kneel around a bed of mustard greens in the Carolina Community Garden.

After a holiday break, masked, distanced volunteers returned to the Carolina Community Garden (CCG) last week. They cleared and prepped beds, planted spinach seedlings, uncovered and recovered row covers, and…

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Volunteer Spotlight: Adelaide

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Jennifer Peterson
CCG volunteer

As a part of our ongoing volunteer highlighting series, we’d like to highlight Adelaide this week. Adelaide started volunteering at CCG in the Spring of 2018 as a part of…

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NCBG Community Gardens Awarded Funds for Urban Agriculture

Posted on June 18, 2020 (June 18, 2020) by Emily Oglesby
Volunteers from the Carolina COVID-19 Student Services Corps harvest carrots at the Carolina Community Garden while wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) and American Public Gardens Association have partnered to offer immediate support to established urban food-growing programs at public gardens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This…

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CCG Volunteer Spotlight: Simone

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Jennifer Peterson
CCG volunteer Simone

Simone started volunteering at the Carolina Community Garden (CCG) six years ago before her junior year of high school. She ended up enjoying composting so much, she became one of…

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Creating a buzz on campus

Posted on June 15, 2019 (July 11, 2019) by Damon Waitt
student beekeepers checking hive

It began nearly two years ago with a cluster of hungry honeybees swirling around a campus trash can. That sight reminded Bryn Walker, then a first-year student, that she had…

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Plant a Tomato, Give a Garden

Posted on May 10, 2019 (May 26, 2019) by Jennifer Peterson
people planting tomatoes

UNC Faculty and Staff are invited to pot tomato plants for distribution by the Carolina Campus Community Garden on Tuesday, May 14, 10-11:15 a.m. Contribute to food security for CCCG…

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The Bees Are Back!

Posted on May 4, 2019 (June 1, 2019) by Damon Waitt
Beehive at CCCG

This past Saturday, the Carolina Campus Community Garden hosted the first free Honeybee Hive Tour of the year! As a seamless addition to UNC’s recent distinction as a Bee Campus…

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Friendships Bloom at Weed Dating!

Posted on March 28, 2019 (June 1, 2019) by Damon Waitt
Weed dating

Last Friday, the Carolina Campus Community Garden, in collaboration with the Epsilon Eta Environmental Honors Fraternity, held its sixth successful Weed Dating event. Weed Dating is a yearly event hosted…

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