In keeping with the Year of the Garden for the benefit of residents in Trend Arlington, TACA has partnered with JustFood to distribute free seed bundles and a 22 Cubic Yard load of soil to up to 90 households experiencing financial or other socioeconomic barriers. 

In addition to our ongoing work to develop a community garden, and host the Ecology Ottawa Tree Giveaway, TACA is engaging on this alternative to benefit under-served members of our community.

TACA will be reaching out with a promotion campaign to generate interest and provide more information however information regarding eligibility can be found below:

Recipient Household Qualifications: 

Households that receive seeds and/or soil must meet the following qualifications: 

• Is an Ottawa resident

• Agrees to complete the Registration Form

• Faces income-related or other significant social-economic barriers to accessing food and/or gardening

• Has growing space (a larger apartment balcony for container growing or a small space for a home garden) and the desire to grow food 

• Has capacity to pick up seeds and soil (soil containers, ability to carry a heavy load, vehicle/wheelbarrow, etc.) Note: anyone who faces a barrier (physical or financial) to picking up soil and seed can request assistance from TACA

• Brings three blue / black recycling bins, or other containers adding up to a similar size, to pick up the soil 

If you are a qualifying household and have any questions, please reach out to Justin (vicepresident@).

Your information will be kept in confidence subject to any limitations which may be necessary to support your participation in the program.

After a two-year hiatus because of COVID, we are looking forward to once again holding our annual Community Bike Rodeo on Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 11am-3pm in the parking lot of Arlington Woods Church (225 McClellan Road).

The Bike Rodeo is once again brought to you through the combined efforts of Arlington Woods Church and Trend-Arlington Community Association.

This year will be the 10th Bike Rodeo we've held in our community! There are no admission prices for this fun, outdoor, family event!  All activities are free with the exception of the CHARITY BBQ (burgers, hot dogs, chips, pop) and CAFé (coffee, tea, treats) where EVERY DOLLAR goes to support FAMSAC! FAMSAC provides emergency food to people in our community! 

Let your friends and neighbours know! It's going to be a blast! Kids, bring your bikes! For more information see here.

If you would be interested in volunteering at this great community event, please contact Ben at ben@arlingtonwoods.ca or Lydia at president@

ECOLOGY OTTAWA - TREE GIVEAWAY
TACA is very proud to be partnering with Ecology Ottawa to host one of their Tree Giveaway events, which will be held at the Trend Arlington Community Centre on Saturday May 7 (1000-1300). The Tree Campaign is about more than putting trees in the ground. It’s also about engaging residents and public organizations to help nurture a greener community, a greener Ottawa, and a greener future together.

Ecology Ottawa Tree Giveaway Calendar

Residents may recall that Ecology Ottawa was instrumental in providing guidance and support when Trend Arlington planted hundreds of white pine seedlings in 2019/2020 - an initiative spearheaded by local resident James O'Grady. With this new Tree Campaign, local residents will be able to take home a wide variety of seedlings (coniferous and deciduous) as well as instructions for planting and maintenance from Ecology Ottawa staff.

"SPRING THINGS" IS THIS WEEKEND
We're getting the final details in place for this weekend's first-ever SPRING THINGS event, an exciting day filled with outdoor activities to welcome all things SPRING! Just in time for Earth Day, and part of TACA's recognition of 2022 as the Year of the Garden, we hope to see you out and about in Trend Arlington for a celebration of community spirit!

SPRING THINGS takes place Saturday April 23rd from 8:00am - 3:00pm, with events and activities taking place across the neighbourhood. We'll be sending out another email on Thursday April 21 with a detailed event schedule and map, but here's a sneak peek of the day. 

First up are the Neighbourhood Garage Sales (8am - 12pm) happening in driveways and front yards across the community. As of today we've got X garage sales happening. A detailed map will be issued Thursday, as well as a breakdown of who's selling what!

Over at the Trend Arlington Community Centre, there will be different things happening throughout the day. TACA will be hosting its own TACA Garage Sale + Bake Sale Fundraiser (9am - 12pm) to help raise funds for our community association's annual operations. And while you're there, be sure to check out our Garden Preparation + Seed Giveaway (9am - 12pm), to help us get our own community centre garden ready, while taking home some seeds for your own garden.

If all this shopping and gardening gets you hungry, then you've come to the right place. Come on down to the Trend Arlington Community Centre and join us for our Lunchtime Concerts (11am - 1pm), feating some mouthwatering BBQ from our very own Fitz' BBQ. Be sure to check out some local music with Trend Arlington's Mark Nyvlt playing from 11am - 12pm, and the local trio of Sean Devine, Bill Brown and Matt Kennedy playing from 12pm - 1pm.

Then, it's time to work off that lunch with our annual Cleaning the Capital (1pm - 3pm), where you can sign up to tidy up your very own section of Trend Arlington.

There's still plenty of ways that you can participate in this amazing event:

• Register to host your own garage sale!
  

• Donate items for TACA's garage sale/bake sale!
  

• Sign up to be an event volunteer!
  

• Participate in Cleaning the Capital
  

• Let us know you're coming on our Facebook event page
  

Stay tuned for our special Event Schedule & Map email, to be sent out on Thursday.

Please use this link to join

Previous meeting minutes

Year in Review and Look Ahead

• President’s Update

• Communications

• Finances

• Governance

• Development

• Building and Rink

• Events

• Update from Councillor Keith Egli

• Community Q&A

• Election of 2021/2022 Executive

TREND ARLINGTON COMMUNITY DAY

Our 3rd annual Community Day is tomorrow, September 18! We may not be able to celebrate as well as we'd like but we still want to take the time to mark the occasion and appreciate this great place we call home.

PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT

Roam the neighbourhood and take photos with as many items on the bingo card as you can find.

Bring your completed bingo card to the community centre at 50 Bellman Drive between 12PM and 3PM on Saturday, September 18 and collect your prize!

SHOW YOUR COMMUNITY PRIDE

We challenge you to wear forest green or your TACA shirt and say a friendly hello to anyone you cross paths with.

Wait, WHAT? You don't have your very own TACA t-shirt?! Well, you're in luck - TACA is selling shirts once more!

T-shirts are $20, tax included, with 50% of proceeds being used to support TACA programming and events for 2021.

To get your shirt, place your order by September 19th

You still have a chance to join the many Trend-Arlington residents who proudly sport dark green and the TACA logo.

PAY IT FORWARD, NEIGHBOUR

Take a moment to invest in our beautiful community and encourage others to do the same.

These are some ideas of things you can do for our community any day, but especially on Community Day.

Safely pick up and dispose properly of any garbage you come across.

Meet someone new in the community.

Offer help or a gift to a neighbour.

Encourage others to signup for our newsletter.

Make sure you and your neighbours 'Like' our Facebook page

Join the TACA executive