Our dedicated time for reflective listening to all that’s budding within the Garden ecosystem. The rearview mirror where stories from the previous month can be shared in community. Bring a TAG story to share or discover one based on the evening’s prompts.

StoryKeeping Circles are held on the middle Monday of each month. All are welcome to participate fully.

Hosted by Josh

Swing by the Garden and grab some plants for Mother’s Day!

Take home some of our extra potted veggies and help support our local partner Farm the District by donating to their nonprofit organization. We’ll make sure you leave with care instructions for whichever plant bebe you’re drawn to. Happy planting!

hosted by Alexander & Riley

Come get your hands in the soil with our partners at Farm the District, every Saturday throughout the growing season. Whether you’re a first-timer or returning veteran, all are needed to help tend to our shared backyard.

There’s plenty of projects to keep all hands busy, including weeding, watering, composting, repairing, crafting, and ongoing side projects. Find a partner and choose your own adventure.

As always, we’ll also be giving an orientation tour for newcomers. Welcome neighbors!

Pop in this morning to start your day the garden way. No group agenda—come to meditate, take your pet for a walk, read a book, or just explore the space. All are welcome and there will be coffee and tea.

Hosted by Cory

Our meditation community meets weekly to re-center, connect, and cultivate intentions. With a mix of guided, silent, and relational practice, we ground ourselves in presence and compassion. All levels of experience warmly welcomed.

Hosted by regulars and guests alike, bring a practice for the circle to share.

All levels flow in the garden for our community donation-suggested classes with the beautiful greenery and open blue sky. Perfect for grounding and centering. Bring yourself, water, and a mat (we’ll have a few extra on hand).

hosted by Derek

Monday Garden Chill

From the neighbor who brought you Cloudwatching Club comes Skywatching Club—an expansive hour of celestial observation. Bring a blanket, kick back, and look up at our celestial dome alongside other sky appreciators. Skywatching includes mini-games that help us practice artful attention and a few poetic readings to augment Sky's productions.

hosted by Aaron

Come one, come all — let’s play some ball! A special evening in TAG Playground featuring all your favorite games from childhood (or at least the ones someone can bring). 60 minutes of golden hour play.

Kids welcome, as well as your inner child.

Hosted by Alexander (on his birthday!)

NEW START TIME 10AM

Come get your hands in the soil with our partners at Farm the District, every Saturday throughout the growing season. Whether you’re a first-timer or returning veteran, all are needed to help tend to our shared backyard.

There’s plenty of projects to keep all hands busy, including weeding, watering, composting, repairing, crafting, and ongoing side projects. Find a partner and choose your own adventure.

As always, we’ll also be giving an orientation tour for newcomers. Welcome neighbors!

Celebrate the beginning of strawberry season at our first ever Strawberry Fest!

This is a potluck-style event strawberry event where you are welcomed to bring strawberries, strawberry pie, strawberry sorbet, strawberry seltzer, or anything else strawberry! Playlist will include Strawberry Moon, Strawberry Fields Forever, etc. etc.

We’ll also host an open mic for neighbors to share their talents! Music, poetry, spoken word, or anything else you have in mind. A sweet low stakes chance to try something new.

Hosted by Nina

Creatives Club and open songwriting hours are back in the garden this week. Come gather for some productive artistic time together while the garden is blooming around us. Bring a project you're working on, your instrument of choice, or just come socialize with fellow creatives. Some basic art supplies will be provided.

Hosted by Cory & Creatives Club DC

Our meditation community meets weekly to re-center, connect, and cultivate intentions. With a mix of guided, silent, and relational practice, we ground ourselves in presence and compassion. All levels of experience warmly welcomed.

Hosted by regulars and guests alike, bring a practice for the circle to share.

Let's keep the Earth Day momentum going! In co-presentation with the DC Environmental Film Festival we have a lovely environmental themed short film program that focuses on local filmmakers and causes. The screening will be followed by a community conversation with a featured local filmmaker and community activists.

The films include:
Shad Run directed by Ben Dorger and Becky Harlan
Healing Baltimore's Harbor directed by Sirjaut Kaur Dhariwal
People Rising: Ivy City directed by Amanda Padilla & Ellie Walton
Café y Aves directed by Roshan Patel

A post-screening discussion will include Roshan Patel (Resident Filmmaker at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, filmmaker for Café y Aves), Rosie Stone (Legal Specialist at Namati, featured in People Rising: Ivy City) and Sebrena Rhodes (Community Organizer at Empower DC, featured in People Rising: Ivy City).

Moderated by DCEFF Director, Monica Schorn, and hosted by Stephen Stahr

An early start time, to accommodate our film screening at 7!

All levels flow in the garden for our community donation-suggested classes with the beautiful greenery and open blue sky. Perfect for grounding and centering. Bring yourself, water, and a mat (we’ll have a few extra on hand).

hosted by Isabel

Our official calendaring meeting for May. Bring any business you may have or partner with at Stump Fellow to program your submitted event ideas.

Anyone can join as we discuss garden event planning, budgeting, and partnerships. Your ideas and energy are more than welcome!

*HouseKeeping Circles happen at the end of each month, they are the functional meetings where we calendar events for the next month of programming, approve any new spending, and can vote to change any Garden policies if needed. These meetings have official minutes that keep a record of our decisions and are shared with the rest of the U Street Neighborhood Association for transparency.

Before Jacob Collier arrives at The Anthem on Wed 5/1, join us for a garden listening party for his latest album!

We'll gather to enjoy the record together (start to finish, no skips), meet fellow fans, and make new friends who will be attending the concert later in the week. Unfamiliar with Jacob? Come hang and hear an artist unlike any other.

Album starts promptly at 5:30

Hosted by Zachary

A Sunday gong bath for mid-season clearing! Join local artist Naoco Wowsugi for an experience like no other. The gong's otherworldly sounds and vibrations open the door to delightful, relaxing meditative states.

Come let it wash over you – please bring a mat to lie down on and water to drink (the more you hydrate, the more you vibrate!)

Naoco Wowsugi is a community-engaged artist who blurs the lines between being an artist and an engaged citizen. As a first-generation immigrant living and working in Washington, DC, Wowsugi's cross-disciplinary projects—including portrait photography, participatory performance, sound healing, and horticulture—explore the nature of belonging and inclusive community building.

IG: @wowsugi
Website: wowsugi.com

Come get your hands in the soil with our partners at Farm the District, every Saturday throughout the growing season. Whether you’re a first-timer or returning veteran, all are needed to help tend to our shared backyard.

There’s plenty of projects to keep all hands busy, including weeding, watering, composting, repairing, crafting, and ongoing side projects. Find a partner and choose your own adventure.

As always, we’ll also be giving an orientation tour for newcomers. Welcome neighbors!

Back for more in ‘24. Featuring new comics, our garden showcase continues to spotlight some of the funniest and most genuine comics in the DMV area. Get ready to laugh!!

Free and open to the public — virtual tip jar at the gate to support our performers (suggested donation $5-15). RSVP tickets here.

Hosted and Produced by Yusuf Goal & Joey Friedman.

Creatives Club and open songwriting hours are BACK in the garden for 2024—come gather for some productive artistic time together. Bring a project you're working on, your instrument of choice, or just come socialize with fellow creatives. Some basic art supplies will be provided.

Hosted by Cory & Creatives Club DC

Welcome back for Spring!

All levels flow in the garden. Perfect for grounding and centering. Bring yourself, water, and a mat & join us for an hour of yoga under the garden sky.

hosted by Semedrian

Our meditation community meets weekly to re-center, connect, and cultivate intentions. With a mix of guided, silent, and relational practice, we ground ourselves in presence and compassion. All levels of experience warmly welcomed.

Hosted by regulars and guests alike, bring a practice for the circle to share.

Come get your hands in the soil with our partners at Farm the District, every Saturday throughout the growing season. Whether you’re a first-timer or returning veteran, all are needed to help tend to our shared backyard.

There’s plenty of projects to keep all hands busy, including weeding, watering, composting, repairing, crafting, and ongoing side projects. Find a partner and choose your own adventure.

As always, we’ll also be giving an orientation tour for newcomers. Welcome neighbors!

Welcome back for Spring!

All levels flow in the garden. Perfect for grounding and centering. Bring yourself, water, and a mat & join us for an hour of yoga under the garden sky.

hosted by Pele

Our meditation community meets weekly to re-center, connect, and cultivate intentions. With a mix of guided, silent, and relational practice, we ground ourselves in presence and compassion. All levels of experience warmly welcomed.

Hosted by regulars and guests alike, bring a practice for the circle to share.

*Rescheduled from last Thursday*

Try saying that five times fast! Do you have a collection of stones & such that you hassle your houseguests with stories about? Then this is the event for you! Come to the garden with your favorite rocks, crystals, fossils, seashells and the like—we'll pour a cup of tea, circle up and take turns sharing the mythologies of our favorite minerals.

All are welcome at this evening gathering, no geological expertise required. We'll also have a rock swap table to help the specimens you're ready to part with find their new homes...

Hosted (playfully) by Cory and Stephen

Temperance Alley Garden’s first StoryKeeping Circle of the year! Our dedicated time for reflective listening to all that’s budding within the Garden ecosystem. The rearview mirror where stories from the previous month can be shared in community. Bring a story to share or find one based on the evening’s prompts.

StoryKeeping Circles are held on the middle Monday of each month and all are welcome to participate fully.

Hosted by Josh

Come one, come all — let’s play some ball!

Leading off for Monday Garden Chill this year, we have a TAG Playground special featuring all your favorite games from childhood (or at least the ones someone can bring). 90 minutes of golden hour play.

Kids welcome, as well as your inner child.

Hosted by Alexander

Join us as we team up with George Washington University students for a community cleanup in partnership with the U-Street Neighborhood Association! As part of their coursework on waste management, this dedicated group of students is eager to make a tangible impact in the neighborhood. Our goal for this cleanup is not only to beautify our streets but also to measure the impact of cleanup when we have greater participation in our community. This event hopes to raise awareness about the importance of proper waste disposal. Through this collaboration, we aim to inspire a culture of sustainability and community engagement, creating a cleaner and healthier environment for everyone.