Weekend Projects at Arlington Garden

Weekend Projects is the volunteer weekend program at Arlington Garden. Workshops include both larger garden projects (such as rejuvenating a section of the garden or creating new garden features) and smaller projects (such as pruning the orchard). All projects are designed to facilitate learning regenerative gardening and climate-change appropriate landscaping.

No prior experience is necessary for volunteer projects, but space is limited, and you are required to sign up for free in advance. Please bring water (there is a water bottle refill station on site but no drinking fountain), weather appropriate clothing, sunscreen, and gloves. Since the fire, we ask all volunteers to wear N95 or higher masks and gloves. If you do not have gloves, we have some for you!

Weekend Projects are held the second and final Saturday of each month. The workshops on the final Saturdays focus on garden rejuvenation projects for our 20th anniversary.

Here is the schedule of weekend workshops for 2025 (schedule is subject to change):

• January 11 - New Year orchard care (pruning, weeding, some harvesting) cancelled
• January 18 - orchard care (harvesting oranges, etc.)**
• January 25 - rejuvenating wildflower walk (preparing site, planting, earthworks)
• February 8 - citrus 101 (ages 18 and up)
• February 22 - oak table gathering space #1 (site preparation, planting, removing roses)
  
• March 8 - pruning along perimeter and feeding compost to fruit trees
• March 29 - oak table gathering space #2 (swale construction, possibly a bioswale)
• April 12 - no workshop (Passover)
• April 26 - (tentative) pollinator garden rebuild and habitat construction
• May 10 - very important spring weeding
  
• May 31 - cancelled due to shed fire
• June 14- cancelled due to shed fire
• June 28 - cancelled due to shed fire
• July 12 - cancelled due to shed fire
• July 26 - restoration workday #1
  
• August 2 - special volunteer day: restoration workday #2
• August 9 - seed collecting workshop
• August 30 - TBA
• September 13 - TBA
• September 27 - TBA
• October 11 - TBA
  
• October 25 - TBA
• November 15 - TBA
• November 29 - no workshop (Thanksgiving weekend)
• December 13 - TBA
• December 27 - no workshop (Christmas weekend)
  
  Past Weekend Projects from 2024 include an LA Compost facilitated compost workday, feeding and pruning the orange trees, cover cropping the orange grove, planting native plants in the "St. Francis" garden, and supporting pollinators by adding 100 native milkweeds to planting beds throughout the garden.
  
  *To order more than four tickets, please place multiple orders . Due to the nature of the volunteer projects activities, all volunteers under 14 years of age must be accompanied by a chaperone. All volunteers must agree to the online waiver before volunteering. If under 18, a legal guardian must agree to the waiver on behalf of the minor.

Arlington Garden is a climate-appropriate, habitat garden offering learning, inspiration, and enjoyment for all. We use regenerative gardening techniques, which means that we harness natural processes to care for the garden. Weekend Workshop participants will acquire knowledge and skills related to regenerative gardening and learn about the natural world!