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
See the map below for how to find the parking lots and how to walk to the garden:
Volunteer News and Pictures
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Thanks to our volunteers at last weekend’s garden workday! We weeded, planted seeds and spring green seedlings, mulched around our compost bins, and covered an empty garden bed to keep the weeds off until we are ready to plant. We are all ready for Garden Club to start after school on Friday. #schoolgarden #plotagainsthunger #springgarden #lettuce #cabbage #mulch ... See MoreSee Less
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Fun with planning! We've got a Trello board up for this year's garden season. In addition to the peas we planted outside on Sunday, today's teacher workday saw lots of tomato and jalapeno pepper seeds get potted up for eventual transplant into the garden (or gifting to other Plot Against Hunger gardens, if we overshoot). We hope to get them into the ground in early May.
Take a peek (and follow along with our garden planning) ... See MoreSee Less
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Can you explain what a Trello Board is?
Join us in the garden for our first volunteer workday of the season this Sunday 10-noon! ... See MoreSee Less
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Reminder: No Workday Tomorrow
(We are DONE for the year) ... See MoreSee Less
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Join us for a community workday in glorious weather Saturday morning from 10-noon. ... See MoreSee Less
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If you’re looking for an idea for the last few zucchini in your garden, may I suggest this recipe? It was perfect to send in a care package to my summer-garden-volunteer college student who was sad to miss the Harvest Festival. Three regular sized (ok, a *little* big) zucchini let me triple the recipe, and we had two loaves to keep, two to send.
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