Select the chart below for your section: A, B, C, or D Find your plot number in the first column If your row is highlighted and/or says “Needs Improvement,” Please contact your Section Captain to discuss the issues, or fix them on your own. The deadline to remediate any issues identified is JULY 1. A – June 2024 Inspection ReportDownload B – June 2024 Inspection ReportDownload C – June 2024 Inspection ReportDownload D – June 2024 Inspection reportDownload ..read more

All gardeners are responsible for removing all trash and garden waste from the Blair Road Community Garden. The Board will try to provide for bulk pickup on community work days, but neither the National Park Service, nor DC Government are willing to collect bagged trash from the parking lot area. Your signed permit to use the garden space says that you agree to remove all of your trash with you every time you leave your plot. Even if you see a growing pile of trash, please do not add to it. We have been lucky in the past, with DPW workers willing to help out, but staff changes make it hard to ..read more

Did you know that the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation has 3 Communal Farms? Described as “organized as communal production farms, managed by DPR staff and community volunteers, with the purpose of providing various ways for community members to receive free food, volunteer, and participate in hands on educational opportunities,” these farms will be sharing their bounty all summer long ..read more

Welcome to the Blair Road Community Garden 2023 Season! As you know, we hold several inspections during the growing season to ensure that we are all following the rules set out by the National Park Service, and our membership. All first-year gardeners are required to join the inspection teams, and all seasoned gardeners are welcome. WHY do we do inspections? Gardener safety is a big concern. If pathways are difficult or dangerous to use due to excessive growth, overhanging branches and fences, or holes/ditches that can make someone fall, you will need to fix that. It is also important that pe ..read more

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WHAT: The Blair Road Community Garden Mandatory Annual Spring Meeting. WHEN: Saturday, April 15 @ 10:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Lamond-Riggs Library (5401 South Dakota Avenue NE) WHO: YOU! All members of the Blair Road Community Garden are required to attend, or let the Board know why you cannot: blairroadcga@gmail.com or 202-643-8570. WHY: Review the rules required to keep your plot. Vote for projects you would like us to get grants for. Vote for a new Secretary. Run for Secretary! HOW: The library has a small parking lot, is not far from the Ft. Totten metro station, and the E2 bus stops ne ..read more

All members should have received a copy of our December 2022 Newsletter via postal mail. It summarizes the Fall Membership Meeting, introduces new Board Members, and thanks retiring board members, none of whom are leaving the garden (yay!). The BRCGA Board is working hard to prepare renewal packets for all those who qualify to renew your permit to garden. You should receive your packet in January. If you want to apply to move to a different plot, please fill out the application form here by January 13! We also want to give a gentle reminder that, as a community, we need everyone to fulfill y ..read more

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Join Us for the Annual Garden Picnic and Potluck Saturday, September 17, 2022 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm Let the Board thank you for another successful gardening season. Click Here to RSVP The association will provide the main course. Please bring a side dish or dessert from your garden harvest to share with the community! Seating is limited – bring your lawn chairs, picnic blankets, and family members! Each plot will get two meal tickets, and more will be available for a donation to the garden association but NO CASH will be accepted (debit/credit card or check/money order only). Do you have a f ..read more