Putting the Garden to Bed
Visit the Organic Vegetable Garden!
2845 N. Marcey Road
Arlington, VA 22207 United States
(Park in the lot and walk past the Nature Center to the garden.)
One of the best ways to learn about vegetable gardening is to see long established gardens in action. Make time this year to visit the Organic Vegetable Garden in north Arlington at Potomac Overlook Regional Park, one of the eight demonstration gardens operated by MGNV.
Arlington Friends of Urban Agriculture: Events & More . . .
2025 October Urban Agriculture Month Activities
Celebrate with Friends of Urban Agriculture!
October 1 (W) – Garden Talk: Bees & Honey More than just pollinators. Plus, we’ll have some UA month bonuses to share with attendees.
October 2 (Th) – Parking Day. Visit “Nourish the Block: Small Spaces, Big Impact,” FOUA’s Parking Day installation at Wellburn Square in Ballston from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. (900 N. Stewart St Https://maps.app.goo.gl/gRe9cvXiVNVVKLAo7 )
October 4 (Sa) – Rosslyn Fall Fest. Celebrate fall in Rosslyn with FOUA with pumpkin fun, pie eating contests, local beer and cider, and family friendly activities! 1-6 pm. 1401 Wilson Blvd
October 5 (Su) – Area 2 Farms tour – Join us for a special FOUA tour at 2:30 pm at one of Arlington’s cool agriculture businesses. See how greens, herbs, and veggies are grown indoors and make the most of small spaces. (Regular Sunday tour will begin at 1 pm.)
October 11 (Sa) – Garden Open House! TBA
October 11 (Sa) – Visit FOUA at the Cherrydale Farmers Market and support our local food producers.
October 12 (Su) – FOUA at an Arlington Farmers Market TBA
October 15 (W) – Garden Talk: Garlic! Plant it Now! Are you a garlic lover? Learn about how to plant and when to harvest garlic, plus the history and many types of garlic to choose from. Plus, we’ll have some UA month bonuses to share with attendees.
October 18 (Sa) – Garden Day Open House at the HUG! Check out our brand new garden expansion. Join the team in completing new construction and getting soil ready for fall plantings in this great garden at Virginia Highlands Park. 1600 S. Hayes St.
October 19 (Su) – Visit FOUA at the Westover Farmers Market and support our local food producers.
October 19 (Su) – Garden Day Open House at the TTG! Join the team in the dirt at our garden with Northern Virginia Conservation Trust. Help us water, weed, harvest, and clean up the beautiful space that grows food for Plot Against Hunger. 4578 26th St N.
October 23 (Th) – Special movie night! Outdoor evening movie screening of food systems and farming movie with discussion. More info coming soon.
October 25 (Sa) – FOUA at an Arlington Farmers Market TBA
October 26 (Su) – FOUA at an Arlington Farmers Market TBA
Read the Arlington County Board’s Urban Agriculture Month Proclamation. You can also watch the reading at the board meeting from September 16, 2025 (starts at FOUA portion of the meeting).
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.
Note: October produce donation days will be Monday Oct 6, Tuesday October 14, Monday October 20, and Monday, October 27.
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
Photo © Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com / Wikimedia Commons
6:30 p.m. – outside next to garden/surface parking lot.
Bring your own lawn chair if you’d like! (In case of inclement weather, we will meet inside in Wilson Room – first floor)
- Oct 1 – Bees & Honey – More than just pollinators!
- Oct 15 – Garlic! Plant it Now – Are you a garlic lover? Learn about how to plant and when to harvest garlic, plus the history and many types of garlic to choose from