Gardeners are a pretty thrifty bunch and it’s in the garden where repurposing old items into new really comes into its own. From transforming tins into planters to repurposing old furniture for storing produce, there are countless ways to put worn out or unwanted items to good use in the garden. In this short video we’ll share some of our favorite garden up-cycling ideas. If you love growing your own food, why not try some of these clever recycling ideas.
Eclipse Hosts Seed & Plant Swap
A little late this year but Chris Mattern - former owner of Eclipse Brewing - will do a seed exchange at Eclipse on Saturday, April 4th from 12:00 until 1:00 p.m. You don't have to bring a thing. Unless you want a beer. Then you have to bring a way to pay! Swap seeds, seedlings and network with members of your and neighboring communities from your own garden. Participants are encouraged to bring seeds
Come To Our Workshop
IE Merchantville is proud to be a hub for the Stockton Maple Project in South Jersey and looks forward to engaging more tappers and sap collectors this year! Join us at the Community Center on Saturday, January 24th, for a Maple Syrup Workshop & Tree Tapping Event. Learn from project leader, Lindsey Brown, how the environment and ecosystem benefits from the sustainable practice of Maple syrup production through encouraging the preservation
Tagging Maples
We are fortunate to have quite an inventory of maple trees in Merchantville, many of which are suitable for sap tapping. Today, two members from Stockton University's Maple Project, Matt Olson, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, and Lindsey Brown, lead for the maple hubs, walked the town with Joan Brennan and Kathy Manetas members of Incredible Edible's Merchantville Maple Project to number and tag trees for the 2026 maple sugaring season.
Food Security Knit-A-Thon
This year's 6th Annual Knit For Food Knit-a-thon will take place on Saturday, April 11th. The Knit for Food Knit-a-thon is a 12 hour marathon to raise funds and awareness for food insecurity. To join this effort you can knit at home, or you can gather a locally and knit together. Eclipse Brewing is hosting a team sponsored by Incredible Edible (IE) Merchantville from 12:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. and welcomes family, friends
2025 Seed Money Challenge
Our winter 2026 Merchantville Maple Sugaring project is in the #SeedMoneyChallenge! Please help us reach our goal! Last winter Incredible Edible (IE) Merchantville was chosen as a HUB for the Stockton University's Maple Project and we collected and boiled 600 gallons of sap producing 150 6-ounce jars of syrup. Funds from this year's 30 day campaign will allow us to retrofit a "sugar shack" in our park, refurbish our evaporator and
Collecting Sap
Merchantville's Maple Project is up and as of 2/2/25 the sap is running. We have 10 volunteer teams collecting from 49 sugar maple trees on municipal property and 4 additional trees on homeowner property. Volunteers are checking buckets daily, collecting the sap daily while it's flowing and pouring off into 5 and 6-gallon storage buckets beneath the back deck at the Community Center. They check sap for any risk of spoilage to make sure it is clear and odorless. If it has a cloudy or yellow appearance, a foul odor,