The TJMS Community Garden 2024 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:
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Seedling donation from the WL plant sale
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Post-workday garden tour
Sunday Workday this week
9-11 AM
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Sunflower at the garden is beating the heat. #schoolgarden #sunflower ... See MoreSee Less
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WE ARE ON FOR A 10AM GARDEN WORKDAY. SEE YOU THEN! ... See MoreSee Less
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RAIN DELAY
CHECK BACK AT 9:30
If no rain, we will start at 10. ... See MoreSee Less
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Stay tuned for up to the minute notice about tomorrow’s garden workday. If the rain blows over, we will be in the garden at 9. If it’s still raining, we will delay until 10. Boy, does the garden need a good drenching! And after that, a good feeding. We will be fertilizing tomatoes, picking blackberries, tomatoes, squash, and okra tomorrow morning. And we hope to hang the new garden sign. See you there! Once the rain stops, it should be pleasantly cool, which we will all appreciate after the last couple of weeks. ... See MoreSee Less
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Thanks to our Deloitte volunteers, who helped us harvest tomatoes, squash, and okra, and infill plant zucchini, squash, and beans where the varmints have gotten to our plants. And hauling lots of mulch! #volunteer #corporatevolunteering #schoolgarden #plotagainsthunger ... See MoreSee Less
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The first blackberry of the season. Join us for a workday next week and you can probably pick some! #schoolgarden #volunteer ... See MoreSee Less
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When your “catch of the day” got away from from you for a few days prior. Our first baseball bat sized zucchini of the season. #zucchini #volunteer #schoolgarden #workday ... See MoreSee Less
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Garden Workday 9-11 Saturday Morning.
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We cancelled our usual volunteer workday due to the excessive heat warning, but a couple of intrepid volunteers went out at 6:30AM to water everything and check for pests and other problems. Our shade cloth seems to be saving everything except our lettuce so far. Our squash, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, okra, and even kale look pretty happy today. #volunteer #schoolgarden #tomatoes #squash #plotagainsthunger ... See MoreSee Less
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The beans and tomatoes are growing, we've got water out for birds and other visitors, and our passionflower vine is creeping up and over the fence. It's been a good (but hot) week in the garden. ... See MoreSee Less
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Saturday’s workday is CANCELLED due to an excessive heat warning.
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Yes, careful!
Garden workday— mulching okra, weeding, and training beans over a net. ... See MoreSee Less
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Mulching, spraying milk-water for powdery mildew (already!), and taking out the last of the snap peas. A peaceful volunteer workday in the garden. The weather is perfect! #schoolgarden ... See MoreSee Less
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Thanks to Energix Renewables for their work in the garden this morning. We got at least a month’s worth of work done in two hours, including resurfacing our ADA-compliant garden pathway. #volunteer #schoolgarden #plotagainsthunger @arlingtonfoua ... See MoreSee Less
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Elderflower blossoms in the pollinator garden just beginning to open. Soon there will be a bonanza of berries for our birds. #pollinatorgarden #nativeplants ... See MoreSee Less
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We had quite a productive day with our Senior Experience and Garden Club students. We placed more landscape cloth, planted cucumbers, cleared out bolted kale, and planted Trail of Tears beans. We also made a lot of progress thinning out the pollinator garden. #schoolgarden #plotagainsthunger #pollinatorgarden #nativeplants #volunteer ... See MoreSee Less
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NOTE THE NEW, EARLIER SUMMER HOURS. ... See MoreSee Less
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More photos from today’s volunteer workday. We had shady AND sunny garden tasks to work on, so everyone had a chance to rest a bit. #compost #pollinatorgarden #blackberries #volunteer ... See MoreSee Less
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