🫑Open House & Pepper Fest at the Organic Vegetable Garden
Join us on Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Potomac Overlook Regional Park.
Come tour the Extension Master Gardeners’ Organic Vegetable Garden and sample the many kinds of peppers we grow!
(Park in the lot and walk past the Nature Center to the garden.)
Rain Date: September 14, 2025 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
- Consult with Extension Master Gardeners on growing and caring for
vegetables, flowers and cover crops. - Learn about cover crops and companion planting, which supports our pollinators who make the garden grow.
- Explore our beautiful vegetable beds, including our square foot and
container gardens. - Sample fresh peppers, both spicy and mild, such as Anaheim, Shishito,
Lunch Box, Mad Hatter and Jalapeño peppers. - Taste dishes prepared with vegetables and herbs grown in the garden and take home recipes.
- Enjoy the flora of Potomac Overlook Regional Park, the Nature Center,
and hiking trails.
Check out this amazing resource created by EMG Intern Betty J. Belanus just in time for the 2025 Pepperfest!
Flipbook | Printiable PDF
Photo © Nancy Dowling
🌶️ Organic Vegetable Garden Saturday Talks
- Sept 6: What to plant in the fall
- Sept 27: Harvesting & Leave the leaves
Join us at the Organic Vegetable Garden (OVG) for our Summer Series including a short talk and your opportunity for one-on-one discussions with Extension Master Gardeners on topics of interest to vegetable gardeners! Dress for the weather and don’t forget some water. Talks will be canceled for rain. Free.
Do You Have an Over Abundance of Produce? Donate your extra veggies!
Donating Your Garden Produce through Friends of Urban Agriculture (FOUA)
The FOUA Produce Donation Center is located at Rock Spring Church, 5010 Little Falls Road in Arlington. They welcome all amounts, starting with those extra vegetables you won’t use. We also have a list of food pantries that directly take produce if you aren’t available during drop off times. Just let us know what you donate here.
Learn More About Donating
Donating Your Garden Produce through St. George’s Food Pantry
St. George’s Food Pantry is the longest operating food pantry in Arlington county. They are open three days a week. In June, they fed 842 families. Last year they fed nearly 7,500 families.
We would love to accept surplus produce. It can be dropped off at the church Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday (note NOT on Thursday) between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Please call James Petway, the church sextant at 202-867-2328.
The church is located at 915 N. Oakland St. and 9th St. N. The best entrance to use is the one by the parking lot that faces 9th Street, across from the park.
Donating Surplus Produce Anywhere in the United States through AmpleHarvest.org
Share your harvest with local pantries
AmpleHarvest.org is a free, opt-in, nationwide registry that enables gardeners who’ve grown too much food to easily find food pantries in their area. They use technology to enable home and community gardeners to share their surplus harvests with nearby food pantries instead of letting them go to waste.
Learn more about this great resource!
Find a Pantry
2025 Wednesday Garden Talks
Arlington Central Library – 1015 N Quincy Street
We invite you to bi-weekly Garden Talks at Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy Street
Free, no registration required
Sponsored by Friends of Urban Agriculture and Extension Master Gardeners
6:30 p.m. – outside next to garden (surface parking)
- Sept 3 – Plants to Dye For – Learn about the fibers people grew in our area for clothing and everyday use. Explore local plants you can use to dye your own fabric in this fun garden talk.
- Sept 17 – Fall Foraging – There are good things to eat all around you. Learn to identify and prepare safe edibles found in our wild (and not so wild) areas.
