Name: Weekend Projects at Arlington Garden
Start: 2021-02-28T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-03-22T12:00:00-08:00
Location: Arlington Garden in Pasadena

Learn regenerative gardening by doing it yourself!
About this Event

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 promote learning regenerative gardening and climate-appropriate landscaping.

No prior experience is necessary for volunteer projects, but space is limited, and you are strongly encouraged to sign up for free in advance. Please bring water (there is a water bottle refill station but no drinking fountain), weather appropriate clothing, sunscreen, and gloves. If you do not have gloves, some will be provided.

Weekend Projects are help the second and final Saturday of each month. The final Saturday workshops focus on longer-term projects.

Here is the schedule of weekend workshops for 2024 (schedule is subject to change):

January 11 - New Year Orchard Care (pruning, weeding, some harvesting)
January 25 - rejuvenating the wildflower walk (preparing site, planting, earthworks)
February 8 - TBA
February 22 - TBA
March 8 - TBA
March 22 - TBA
April 12 - Passover
April 26 - TBA
May 10 - TBA
May 31 - TBA
June 14- TBA
June 28 - TBA
July 12 - summer interlude
July 26 - summer interlude
August 9 - summer interlude
August 23 - summer interlude
September 13 - TBA
September 27 - TBA
October 11 - TBA
October 25 - TBA
November 15 - TBA
November 29 - TBA
December 13 - TBA
December 27 - no workshop

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 two tickets, please place multiple orders using a separate email address for each volunteer. Due to the nature of the volunteer projects activities, all volunteers under 14 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. All ages are welcome with a chaperone.

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!