The TJMS Community Garden 2026 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
The last day of Garden Club, with the vines being ...
Bees on sunflowers at the volunteer garden workday...
Milkweed pods, fluff and milkweed bugs in the poll...
We are planning a hugelkultur mound, and collectin...
A tour of our sugar snap peas and strawberries, ou...
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Workdays on Saturdays 10AM-noon
Starting a native pollinator garden in your yard or neighborhood? Join us in the garden this Saturday 10-noon, help us weed the pollinator garden and thin our native seedlings, and take home some for yourself. It's a very cost-effective way to fill your yard with hardy, beautiful native plants. #workday
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Join us Saturday morning 10-noon to plant our summer vegetables and thin the seedlings in the pollinator garden. We will need lots of volunteers this weekend to get everything done! ... See MoreSee Less
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Starting a native pollinator garden in your yard or neighborhood? Join us in the garden this Saturday 10-noon, help us weed the pollinator garden and thin our native seedlings, and take home some for yourself. It's a very cost-effective way to fill your yard with hardy, beautiful native plants. #workday ... See MoreSee Less
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Photos from last weekend’s volunteer workday. We finished tying up peas, prepped more rows for planting this weekend, watered everything, and weeded the the vegetable and pollinator garden. ... See MoreSee Less
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Garden Club Friday afternoon: moving our freshly delivered wood mulch, watering everything, and lots of weeding. Tomorrow we’ll have community volunteers join us in the garden (no experience necessary, just show up, enjoy the sunshine, and learn) to tie up peas, mulch, and weed. ... See MoreSee Less
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Join us in the garden tomorrow (Saturday) from 10-noon for our community workday. No experience necessary! Just show up with a water bottle and sunscreen, and wear clothes you can get a little dirty. We can’t wait to see you. ❤️🌱 #workday ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you to our morning volunteers! Here are a few photos from this morning’s workday. Last asparagus harvest; collards going to seed (tasty blooms); lettuce making a comeback; sugar snap peas leafing; onions a-growing; microgreens/silver lining of thinning radishes; the cabbage patch going strong. ... See MoreSee Less
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We’re cleaning up our elderberry runners today, so if you want some of this wonderful (but very prolific, like mint) native plant, drop by the garden before noon and help yourself! #pollinator #pollinatorgarden ... See MoreSee Less
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