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:
Thomas Jefferson Middle School Community Garden
This organic garden is a demonstration and education project for TJMS and the Arlington Food Assistance Center
Thank you to our volunteers who prepped beds for cover crops, harvested lettuce, and planted fava beans, onions, garlic, and carrots. ... See MoreSee Less
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Thanks to all the volunteers who came to our end of season workday! We got all the plants pulled and composted. All we’ve got left to do are hoses, rain barrels, and landscaping cloth. If you slept in with a post-Halloween sugar crash, you have another chance to get some garden hours in next Saturday. (It was a really glorious day of sunshine today, if you missed it, you’ll definitely want to come next week.) ... See MoreSee Less
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Look at this amazing spread of donuts, cookies, and coffee for our end of garden celebration. We have more donuts than people, so join us! ... See MoreSee Less
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Windy last day of Garden Club ... See MoreSee Less
The last day of Garden Club, with the vines being tossed in a gale, despite the beautiful sunny weather. (I’m feeling both happy and sad at the end of the season…)
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The last day of Garden Club, with the vines being tossed in a gale, despite the beautiful sunny weather. (I’m feeling both happy and sad at the end of the season…) ... See MoreSee Less
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What does 102 pounds of produce look like? Here’s our final harvest of butternut squash, beans, okra, tomatoes, and greens for the season. This takes us up to 898 pounds donated to @afacfeeds, with an extra estimated 74 pounds grown that didn’t make it all the way to the donation center. That’s almost a thousand pounds of produce from the garden this growing season! Thank you to all of our volunteers and especially to our garden management team. If you’re interested in learning more about the garden, join us Saturday morning 10-noon for our end of season celebratory coffee hour and garden closing workday. (We are hoping to get enough volunteers to finish all the end of season work in one day! Bring your friends! Respond here to let us know you’re coming so we bring enough donuts.) ... See MoreSee Less
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Our herb gardens got a refresh, just in time for Thanksgiving. We like to create herb bouquets for teachers to take home and use when cooking Thanksgiving dinner, and now we will have enough sage and oregano, as well as rosemary and thyme. ... See MoreSee Less
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Beans, okra, and a few tomatoes tipped us ALMOST over the 750 pound AFAC donation mark this week. We're sure to tip right over by Saturday. Join us in the garden 10-noon to harvest yet! More okra! and beans! (There are ALWAYS more beans and okra. We love that for us.) ... See MoreSee Less
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Look at the amazing new sign Kathryn Ely painted for the pollinator garden! Now people walking past the school grounds will know more about our gardens. Thank you for working with us to showcase plants and pollinators native to Virginia and growing in our gardens. ❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
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