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Garner Grows Community Garden: Share The Work, Share The Harvest
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Each year Garner Grows participates in the Flower & Garden Show at the NC State Fair. Our winnings from these competitions make up a significant portion of the money we raise to support the garden! These competitions are a great way for our members to help support the garden if they aren’t able to make it to weekly workdays. There are two ways that you can help:

Donate specimens – If you keep a garden at home, you can donate some of your flowers, fruits and veggies for us to submit to the competition. You can find a list of everything that we can possibly submit HERE. If you have some of this growing and are willing to donate, just add your name and number to the list so we can arrange a time and place for you to drop off your donations!

Donate time – Some of the work for these competitions can be done during our weekly workdays, but we also need people to come to the fairgrounds on the days of the competitions for setup, staging, and clean up. Participants will be able to park and enter the fairgrounds free of charge, so it won’t cost you a thing other than your time to come and help out! Setup and staging require no experience. You just place the specimens (plates for produce, glass bottles for flowers), and make sure they are cleaned and looking their best for display, with the appropriate label attached. If you would like to volunteer, please sign up HERE