Newark Street Community Garden Association

Four Decades Strong and Still Growing

Welcome to our Garden

The Newark Street Community Garden, a four-acre site at 39th and Newark Streets NW, consists of 234 garden plots maintained by DC residents.

NSCGA is an organic community garden. The DC Beekeepers Alliance has also colonized a honeybee hive on the property. In addition to the garden-wide compost bins, there are veggie compost bins available for community use (training is required).

There are no available plots at present but we do have a waiting list – please add your name if interested, and we will contact you when openings come up.

As a backdrop to all of our efforts is the Washington National Cathedral and we often enjoy the Cathedral chimes as we garden.  The picnic and garden area in the valley between the upper and lower garden area and the natural scenery make this spot a wonderfully peaceful oasis in an oft-times turbulent city. Learn more about our history here.

Click on any of the Instagram images below to go to our Insta page and follow the garden at @nscga_dc!

long weekend = extra time for gardening Thu., June 1 is the date by which your plot should be fully cultivated - that means at least 50% of the plot (of the *plot*, not the existing beds!) has stuff planted in it. The Rules Committee will be checking up late next week. If you're behind on planting, get out there soon and get dirty! Squiggly wiggly Keep an eye on the forecast! Hopefully we can hold our May work day this Saturday, starting at 9 am. And afterward, head to the veggie compost bin if you'd like a training on joining that team! Rescheduled! The May volunteer work day is now Sat, 5/20. Come down to the sheds at 9 am for an assignment. 💓💓💓 A message from the Rules Committee: (TLDR: get pulling on those weeds!) Our next community work day is just around the corner! Come out Sat., 5/13 at 9 am to earn a couple of volunteer credit hours and help keep our garden growing gorgeously. (As ever, if you want to earn hours and can't make the work day, ask Chris for a project you can do on your own time.) Plotting the plot!