Volunteers are essential to educational programs, leading tours for visiting school children and adults. Volunteers assist our horticultural staff to maintain the 86-acre living collection and our nursery staff to propagate our native plants. Volunteers assist in the research library and herbarium.
Volunteers help plan and coordinate fundraising events to add financial support to the Garden.
Volunteers are highly esteemed and are an integral part of Garden life. Volunteers share quarterly potluck luncheons, venture out on monthly field trips, participate in informative lectures and presentations just for them. Volunteers share camaraderie and friendships. It includes basic botany education and an introduction to plant identification in the Garden. Frequently, people begin volunteering prior to completing this course, with the expectation that they will enroll in the course when Fall arrives.