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
Great workday today! With a lot of help from Fleet students and their families, we harvested chard, squash and beets, weeded, transplanted and pinched back basil. ... See MoreSee Less
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Thunder!
We are closing the garden and canceling this morning’s workday. ... See MoreSee Less
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Rescheduled for tomorrow morning though, for anyone who is available.
Join us in the garden tomorrow morning for our weekly volunteer workday! We will be planting squash, harvesting peas, and treating squash for powdery mildew and to prevent squash vine borers. If it’s dry enough, we will also mulch. ... See MoreSee Less
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We will be out in the garden at 9 tomorrow morning. Depending on how efficient we are, we will stay until either 11 or noon. Join us! #volunteer #volunteerworkday ... See MoreSee Less
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Last week was WET, but this week the weather looks like it’s going to be perfect! Join us in the garden from 9-noon for our volunteer workday. ... See MoreSee Less
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During Saturday’s volunteer workday, we got the okra bed ready for planting next week, as well as lots of weeding done. We are well into strawberry season, and the peas are just starting to come in. We found one secret pea vine with deep purple flowers and peas— see if you can find it next time you’re in the garden. ... See MoreSee Less
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Our official workday hours this weekend are 10-noon, but if you’re in the mood to hit the garden while it’s nice and cool, the garden will be open at 9 to get a jump on the workday. Drop by and say hello! ... See MoreSee Less
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