The TJMS Community Garden 2025 Season is Under Way.
The TJMS Community Garden has been a Plot Against Hunger participant for over a decade, donating produce to AFAC and other local food pantries. The Jefferson Community Garden is the largest school garden in Arlington, and we are taking our community responsibilities seriously. But more than that, we are working to become a hub for joyful community and learning. Have you ever thought of starting your own garden, but you feel a little overwhelmed? Volunteering with our experienced gardeners is a great way to learn more about starting a garden, managing pests and diseases, and how to plan for seasonal harvests. A sunny Saturday morning in the garden is a great family activity, and it's the perfect place to meet friends to socialize while volunteering and getting a bit of fresh air and exercise.
Bring Friends or Family and Join Us in the Garden:
We would love you to join us in the garden. We have regular garden workdays every week from 10 AM to noon Saturday mornings. Not quite ready to start gardening today? Sign up for our newsletter and we'll send you weekly updates about our workday plans, and pictures of what we're doing in the garden.
Stay tuned to our Facebook page for late-breaking schedule updates and weather cancellations.
Garden videos:
We are planning a hugelkultur mound, and collectin...
A tour of our sugar snap peas and strawberries, ou...
A tour of our dry riverbed and surrounding plantin...
Our native asters and goldenrod. A veritable 🐝 ...
See you in the garden this Saturday from 9-11 for our garden volunteer workday. ... See MoreSee Less
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Our midweek harvest of squash, zucchini, eggplant, and basil took us up to a total of 108 pounds so far this season. ... See MoreSee Less
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Peek into our native pollinator garden to see what’s blooming: asters, coneflower, false wild indigo, bee balm, milkweed, and more. ... See MoreSee Less
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Join us in the TJMS Community garden from 9-11 Saturday, June 21. ... See MoreSee Less
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Troop 557 is the Girl Scout Troop that started the Thomas Jefferson Middle School Garden for their Silver Award project when they were Cadettes. ... See MoreSee Less
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Great workday today! With a lot of help from Fleet students and their families, we harvested chard, squash and beets, weeded, transplanted and pinched back basil. ... See MoreSee Less
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Last garden club of the year we painted rocks to make garden signs, had basil sugar cookies made from last year’s basil compounded into basil butter, and arranged flowers for the 8th grade dance with a combination of purchased and garden flowers. ... See MoreSee Less
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I need that sugar cookie recipe and the compound butter ratios! Sounds delicious
We’ve got mulch to move, so we will be there until we get rained out. Grab a raincoat and meet us there! ... See MoreSee Less
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Hang tight, we may be cancelling again today. Give us a few more minutes to consult. ... See MoreSee Less
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Thunder!
We are closing the garden and canceling this morning’s workday. ... See MoreSee Less
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Rescheduled for tomorrow morning though, for anyone who is available.
The garden is open, but we are looking nervously at the sky as it starts to sprinkle. ... See MoreSee Less
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Closing the garden due to thunder (and more rain).
Baby zinnias coming up from seed at our fence line. Even school gardens need street appeal! #schoolgarden #zinnias ... See MoreSee Less
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Join us in the garden tomorrow morning for our weekly volunteer workday! We will be planting squash, harvesting peas, and treating squash for powdery mildew and to prevent squash vine borers. If it’s dry enough, we will also mulch. ... See MoreSee Less
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We will be out in the garden at 9 tomorrow morning. Depending on how efficient we are, we will stay until either 11 or noon. Join us! #volunteer #volunteerworkday ... See MoreSee Less
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Our Senior Experience students planting tomatoes, beans, pumpkins, butternut squash, and watermelons today. Getting good and muddy, then leaving a bit early to get ready for prom! ... See MoreSee Less
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Last week was WET, but this week the weather looks like it’s going to be perfect! Join us in the garden from 9-noon for our volunteer workday. ... See MoreSee Less
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During Saturday’s volunteer workday, we got the okra bed ready for planting next week, as well as lots of weeding done. We are well into strawberry season, and the peas are just starting to come in. We found one secret pea vine with deep purple flowers and peas— see if you can find it next time you’re in the garden. ... See MoreSee Less
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We will be in the garden at 10, not 9 this Saturday. Volunteers can park in the Fleet staff garage on weekends if the Community Center lot is full. ... See MoreSee Less
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A lovely mix of garden flowers, cover crop blossoms, and native pollinators are blooming right now. ... See MoreSee Less
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Really pretty 🤩
Beautiful flowers!
The very beginning of strawberry season, and the first pea blossoms of the year. ... See MoreSee Less
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