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Hard on the heels of Bull City Commons' first appearance on the Durham Garden Tour came BCC's second appearance as a stop on Old West Durham's Porchfest, where wandering crowds of music-lovers enjoy performers singing and playing from the porches of OWD neighborhood homes. As they did last year, the Swampbillies performed Cajun and Zydeco numbers in BCC's garden while folks danced, sat, and enjoyed a gloriously warm afternoon in Old West Durham.

The 2026 edition of Old West Durham's Porchfest is set for Saturday, May 9! The Porchfest site has all the details, including a map and schedule, but here are the basics: An afternoon of music Bring a lawn chair OWD Porches = Performance Stages Musicians from around town sharing their talents And AND AND!! Bull City Commons kicks off the shows at 1pm in our garden with a performance by Cajun/Zydeco band The Swampbillies, which includes BCC residents Christine and Jim as band

The day started chilly and overcast but when the threat of rain passed, more and more folks came out to Bull City Commons' garden as part of the 2026 Durham Garden Tour. This is BCC's debut year on the Tour. BCC volunteers greeted visitors and shared the history of BCCs garden, and how BCC's Landscape Circle turned a patch of compacted construction fill into a lush garden hideaway.

BCC Debuts on the 3rd Annual 2026 Durham Garden Tour, May 2-3 BCC debuts this year as one of the stops on the 2026 Durham Garden Tour, Saturday & Sunday, May 2 & 3, 10am-3pm. As the new kids on the block, we’re eager to meet our neighbors and share a bit of the green landscape we’ve created at 610 Trent Drive, just down the street from Cocoa Cinnamon and LocoPops. All proceeds from the Garden Tour tickets go toward Keep Durham Beautiful. Buy your tickets now! Hurry! See our

While Durham NC was directly in the path of the recent ice/snow "event", we were lucky enough to receive mostly sleet rather than freezing rain. So, instead of experiencing a power outage, Bull City Commons emerged from hibernation with only one burst pipe and a lot of gratitude. Before it all started to melt away, our Intrepid Reporter crunched through the snow and ice to take some pictures for the scrapbook.

Many Bull City Commons members attended Deborah Brogden's memorial service at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church on November 1, 2025. A week later, we held our own special remembrance evening for Deborah. The invite to the community went like this: Please bring your own drink as well as your pink hair, big floppy hat, bright, bright clothing, your kazoo, bubbles, or whatever reminds of our wonderful friend. If you can’t make it but would like to share a story and/or picture, sen

Deborah, one of BCC's founding members, passed away suddenly near the end of October. She had a big, colorful personality, and her passing leaves a uniquely Deborah-shaped hole in our hearts.

This year, BCC enjoyed its first celebration of Diwali , the "Festival of Lights," Two of our members, Swati and Manish, shared with us the story behind the annual Hindu festival, which has variations in other Indian religions. Diwali celebrates light over dark, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. So, following our monthly potluck which coincided with the fourth night of Diwali celebrations, we went outside and lit sparklers to drive the dark night away.

Can traditions be new? Sure. BCC just held its fourth post-Thanksgiving Day Hike, this year at Eno River State Park. And another new...

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Just before we started moving into our building in February 2022, Samuel sent an email to the chat group introducing his canine...

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Guest Post by Claire Since February, the Bull City Commons community has met in-person for Taco Tuesdays and pot-lucks, social hours,...

This past weekend featured beautiful fall-like weather and events that drew folks from the community to get outside and moving. Several...

Just because the building is now ours doesn't mean the work is done! Case in point: Our US Postal Service mail carriers can access our...

The ever-busy Jackie captured these images as she was out and about today in the building. Kate using the blower to get rid of dirt, dust...

Christine Westfall was one of the six original purchasers of the BCC property on Trent Drive. And she has served a critical role as our...

No, that is not a new strain of COVID. What we're talking about is the conditional certificate of occupancy that basically says our...

Back in early February, BCC's Landscaping Circle and members of the city's tree-planting crew planted about 200 tulip, daffodil and daisy...