Edgewood Community Farm

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Volunteer Days

Edgewood Community Farm (2304 2nd St. NE) regularly hosts weekly volunteer days, workshops, fundraisers, and community events. Sign up for our volunteer list to get updated on upcoming events! We have volunteer days every Sunday (except three day weekends) from 11am to 2pm. We do not have volunteer days on three-day weekends and Thanksgiving weekend. In 2023, we will not have volunteer days on the following days:

  • May 28th (Memorial Day Weekend)

  • July 4th (Independence Day)

  • September 3rd (Labor Day Weekend)

  • October 8th (Indigenous Peoples Weekend)

  • November 12th (Veteran’s Day Weekend)

  • November 26th (Thanksgiving Weekend)

  • December 24 (Christmas Eve)

  • December 31 (New Year’s Eve)

🧘Yoga returns this month! Hope you’ll join us Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. Find your balance, focus on your breath, and bloom at this evening yoga session at Edgewood Community Farm. Our hour-long vinyasa class in this beautiful, tranquil space
🍅 It’s Tomato Time! Our tomatoes are in the ground and starting to take off. But with growth comes a need for pruning, which helps the plant spend its energy on producing fruit instead of growing offshoots. Join us Monday, May 13 at 7 p.m. to
Rain, sleet, or snow! Our volunteer day is a go regardless of today's rain! We'll be working on our brand rain barrel system under the tutelage of Xavier, our expert irrigation engineer!
🌬️ “The Infinite Breath”: A Fundraiser for TRUE. Expand your awareness and tune into the rhythm of your breath while supporting a worthy cause. Join us on the farm Saturday, May 11 from 4-5:30 p.m. for “The Infinite Breath” w
🌱 Have a Need for Seeds? We have a ton of free seeds we got last year and can’t use them all any time soon. If you or an organization you know of could use free vegetable seeds, please email nora@ecfarm.org to coordinate pickup.
🧑‍🌾 It’s prime time for planting! We’ve expanded our availability of automatically irrigated raised garden beds for rent this season and invite you to grow with us on your own plot. Aside from our state-of-the-art watering system, w
💧 Water Wizardry: An Irrigation Workshop. Interested in learning practical tips and tricks for automatically irrigating your garden or greenspace? Join us on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 p.m. for a workshop that will teach the basics of plotting out your irr
🌳 Free Mulch for Your Garden. As part of our wood reclamation efforts, we got a giant wood chip delivery from landscapers who removed trees in the area, which we use for mulch on the farm paths. Benefits of mulching include retaining water to help e
Thanks to everyone who joined us for Sunday’s volunteer day! We got a ton done near our community garden plots, helping beautify the space by weeding and mulching. 📸: @featherlightbjj
🎉 Beautiful weather for the first day of @redeliciousdc residence at the farm! Join them Sundays from 3:30-5 for more food and community.
🍓 Thanks to everyone who joined us this past Sunday to learn about the care and keeping of strawberries! Here at the farm, we use these perennials for erosion control and weed suppression on the slope, and they’re wonderfully self-sufficient o
Exciting news! Eleanor, one of our WOOFers from last season, is visiting D.C. and is hosting a firepit this Saturday, April 27 from 6-8 p.m. If you’d like to say hello and hang out on the farm, please join and bring something to drink.
🎉 We’re so excited for our first Friday volunteer day of the season! We’ll be working on a variety of big projects and could use your help. Hope to see you from 11-2 on Friday, April 26.
🧘🌱 Find your balance, focus on your breath, and bloom at our first evening yoga session at Edgewood Community Farm. Our hour-long vinyasa class in this beautiful, tranquil space will be led by @adacruzt, a certified yoga teacher who has been practi
💐 Last call for tulips! We have a ton of tulips on the farm and they’re nearing their last days of full bloom. Stop by today to pick up a bunch to surprise a special someone or brighten your own day. We’re also happy to talk you through
🌱🪴🧑‍🌾 It’s time to plant! Tomorrow we’re getting the first batch of our spring crops in the ground, including tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and herbs. The weather’s looking glorious, so hope to see you Sunday, April 14 from 1
🎉❓Thanks to all who joined us for our first farm trivia night of 2024, and congratulations to our winning team! Join us next month on Friday, May 17 for more custom questions from our hosts @becky.lobe and @blueprinted99, and a chance to win $25 fro
HARVEST ALERT: Come by the farm to harvest tulips, and pick up arugula, sunchokes, cilantro, and carrots! Available in the farm fridge. Produce free to everyone, including neighbors, volunteers, and meme re, as part of our open harvest policy.
☀️ Thanks to everyone who joined us for a perfect sunny Sunday volunteer day! We got our growing rows ready, dug up the rest of the sunchokes (pictured; please come get some) and planted some for next fall, planted potatoes, sifted our compost for us
⁉️ Trivia Returns Next Week. Test your knowledge under the stars at our monthly farm trivia, starting Friday, April 12 and continuing through the warm months. Doors at 6:30 p.m.; trivia starts at 7 on the dot and wraps up by 9. This event is BYOB. In

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