TJMS Community Garden Volunteer Policy
Community volunteers help TJMS meet the needs of S. Arlington families with our produce donations to local food pantries. We can't do it without you! In the 2023 garden season, we donated over fifteen hundred pounds of fresh produce from the garden. It was a lot of work, and we couldn't have done it without our volunteers.
TJ families, neighbors, and community volunteers are invited to join us on Saturday mornings from 10:00am to noon. It's a great opportunity to get fresh air, learn about gardening, and spend time with our friends and neighbors. All ages are welcome, but children under 6th grade must be accompanied by a responsible adult. No need to sign up, just show up ready to garden. Wear sunscreeen and weather and mud appropriate clothes and shoes, and bring a water bottle. We will have gloves and tools to use.
We also welcome corporate volunteer workdays, National Honor Society volunteers, scout troops, and any other volunteer group that would like to join us. If you're interested in setting up a special workday just for your group, please send an email to tjmsoutside@gmail.com.
Parking:
If you need accessible parking, set your map address to: 125 S Old Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22204 There are 4 spaces for cars with disabled parking placards in this small lot adjacent to the garden.
Additional parking is available at the TJ Community Center, so set your map address to: 3501 2nd St S, Arlington, VA 22204.
If the Community Center parking is full, on weekends volunteers are welcome to park in the Fleet Elementary staff garage. It's slightly off the edge of the map below-- aim for the Accessible Parking area by setting your map address to 125 S Old Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22204 and from the access road just past Fleet, turn into the garage structure. (It's basically underneath the red bubble for Accessible Parking on the map below.)
See the map below for how to find the parking lots and how to walk to the garden:
Volunteer News and Pictures
A teeny tiny native bouquet, with obedient plant, black eyed Susan, NY iron weed, cup flower, blue mist flower and I think boneset. Next week we will have the Garden Club out harvesting seed heads to package for native seed giveaways. #schoolgarden #nativeplant #volunteer #communitygarden ... See MoreSee Less
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So pretty!
We’ve moved our evening workday to Tuesday now that Garden Club has started on Fridays. Join us in the garden at 6PM to help us harvest our endless bounty of beans, as well as okra, peppers, and tomatoes! ... See MoreSee Less
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A murder (of crows) at the garden this morning. The other three flew away as I pulled out my phone to take the photo. The weather is deliciously cool, and we have lots of beans to harvest and lots of everything to fertilize, so join us for our volunteer workday this morning. We will be here until 11. ... See MoreSee Less
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Volunteer workday tonight at 6:30-8. See you there! ... See MoreSee Less
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We are deep into bean season this week— join us in the garden from 9-11 Saturday morning to admire our bean tunnel, hunt for ripe blackberries, and take home some basil for pesto or pizza. #volunteer #communitygarden ... See MoreSee Less
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Ready to harvest at tonight’s pleasantly cool volunteer workday. ... See MoreSee Less
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Yay! A harvest it is!!
Enjoy this beautiful sunflower, and a vacation day from garden workdays (no workday Wednesday evening this week). We will be back in the garden on Saturday 9-11 AM. ... See MoreSee Less
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In addition to our Saturday 9-11 workday, we will hold a Monday 6:30-8pm work session to get the garden ready for the county fair. ... See MoreSee Less
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Join us for our weekday evening workday tomorrow, Wednesday August 6, from 7-8:30pm. ... See MoreSee Less
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Join us in the garden Saturday from 9-11 for our weekend volunteer workday. ... See MoreSee Less
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Don’t forget:
NO workday on Saturday.
See you Sunday 9-11AM instead. ... See MoreSee Less
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