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
Pollinators hard at work: every year we have a few...
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
Thanks to the group of JMU alumni who came out to help us mulch the garden this morning. We got so much work done! ... See MoreSee Less
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The first tomatoes of the year are coming along great. ... See MoreSee Less
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Pollinators hard at work: every year we have a few milkweed that plant themselves inside the vegetable garden. They don’t transplant well, so we just leave them until they’re in the way and enjoy the extra pollinator food. #schoolgarden #pollinatorgarden ... See MoreSee Less
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Butterfly weed and sun drops glowing in the pollinator garden. What’s growing in your yard right now? ... See MoreSee Less
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Join us and local JMU alumni in the garden from 9-noon as we mulch our pathways to prepare for summer. #volunteer #workday ... See MoreSee Less
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Garden club harvested onions to donate to AFAC, and we picked our first beer of the season during last Saturday’s workday. ... See MoreSee Less
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The weather forecast looks perfect, and the garden grew about 12” last week with all the rain. Can’t wait to get back out in the dirt with all our community volunteers from 10-noon Saturday morning. #volunteer ... See MoreSee Less
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Some of the native plants growing in our pollinator garden this week. ... See MoreSee Less
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We’ve finally broken the drought, yay! But it will be too rainy in the garden for a workday tomorrow (boo). See you next week instead! ... See MoreSee Less
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