Urban Agriculture Events and Resources, our new series highlighting urban agriculture in Arlington and Alexandria, replaces the old Between the Rows newsletter.
MGNV Resources | FOUA | EcoAction Arlington
MGNV’s Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Between the Rows 🥕🍓🥦🍅🥬
Extension Master Gardener Nancy Dowling – Vegetable Gardening, Month by Month
🥕🍅 Welcome to a new column on vegetable gardening from veteran EMG Nancy Dowling,
a former coordinator at the MGNV Organic Vegetable Garden. 👩🏼🌾
FOUA: Arlington Friends of Urban Agriculture: Events & More . . .
Join us for Garden Talks in 2026
Arlington Central Library – 1015 N Quincy Street
Sponsored by Friends of Urban Agriculture and Extension Master Gardeners
Free! No registration required.
March – October 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
All talks will be inside the library in the Bluemont Room unless otherwise noted.
- May 6 – Herbs- Planning, Planting: Fresh herbs can take your cooking from good to great. There are herbs for all cuisines and growing conditions. Which will you grow? How do you grow them? Where do they fit with your vegetables?
- May 20 – Gardening Structures: Easy-to-build garden structures help you save garden space, grow healthier plants, bring higher yields, and control those pesky varmints.
- June 3 – Weed Control by Design: Mulch, Groundcovers and Cover Crops: Improve your soil and decrease weed pressure by exploring ways to keep the ground covered. We’ll highlight mulches that add organic matter, low growing plants that can be worked into your established garden design, and cover crop combinations that crowd out those pesky weeds.
- June 17- Weed Control by Design: Mulch, Groundcovers and Cover Crops: Improve your soil and decrease weed pressure by exploring ways to keep the ground covered. We’ll highlight mulches that add organic matter, low growing plants that can be worked into your established garden design, and cover crop combinations that crowd out those pesky weeds.
Saturdays in the Garden 2026
Spring Saturday Work Parties
Times: 9 -11 am. Space will be limited to 20 volunteers at each garden, except as noted. Register here! Don’t have a volunteer profile yet? Make one here!
- May 16 – Thomas Jefferson Middle School Garden – 125 S. Old Glebe Rd, Arlington 22204
- May 23 – TTG (Terborgh Terrace Garden) 4578 26th St N, Arlington 22207
- May 30 – Walter Reed Annex Garden – 2040 S. Walter Reed Drive, Arlington 22204
Green News from
Free Trees! Applications Now Open Through July 15, 2026
EcoAction Arlington, through our Tree Planting Program, offers Arlington residents* the chance to receive free native trees to help grow our urban canopy. Review the information below or visit our website to review our process and submit your application.
The Tree Canopy Equity Program
The Tree Canopy Equity Program serves historically under-resourced neighborhoods with low tree canopy coverage. Thanks to the generosity of our funders, residents in 13 target neighborhoods are provided a wider range of species including small trees and shrubs. Review our Tree Canopy Equity Program Species List. Apply for free native tree(s) and shrub(s) through the Tree Canopy Equity Program if you live in one of these neighborhoods:
Arlington View, Arlington Mill, Aurora Highlands, Barcroft, Buckingham, Columbia Heights, Glebewood, Glencarlyn, Green Valley, John M Langston, Long Branch Creek, Penrose, Radnor/Ft. Meyer Heights.
The Tree Planting Program
If you live in a neighborhood other than the 13 listed under the Tree Canopy Equity Program and are a property owner, including those of single-family homes, townhouses, condos, and places of worship you may apply for a free native tree to be planted on your property.
Before applying, please review Our Process on our website and take a look at the Tree Planting Program Species List for a list and description of available trees for the Fall 2026 Tree Planting Cycle.