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.

Sign up now through June 2026!

Here is the archive of pas weekend workshops showing some examples of the types of projects seasonally.

• January - New Year orchard care (pruning, weeding, some harvesting) cancelled
• January - orchard care (harvesting oranges, etc.)**
• January- rejuvenating wildflower walk (preparing site, planting, earthworks)
• February- citrus 101 (ages 18 and up)
• February- oak table room (site prep, planting, removing roses)
• March - pruning perimeter and feeding compost to fruit trees
• March - oak table gathering space #2 (bioswale construction)
• April - pollinator garden rebuild and habitat construction
• May - very important spring weeding
• July - restoration workday / reopening prep #1
• August - restoration workday / reopening prep #2
• August- silent seeding: saving, sorting, cleaning wilflowers gone to seed
• August - LA Compost guest workshop: windrow prep, managing Bermuda
• September - weeding, pruning and seeding
• September - general maintenance for Autumn in the Garden #1
• October - general maintainance for Autumn in the Garden #2
• October - oak circle weeding and prep for wildflower season
• November- composting !!
• December - Arlington Drive weeding, pruning and wildflower seeding
  
  Past Weekend Projects 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 two tickets, please place multiple orders under the same name. 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!

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