Volunteer Opportunities
Our volunteers make us bloom! Every year, hundreds of volunteers contribute thousands of hours to keep The Arboretum growing. This group forms a close and friendly team that keep our gardens growing in every way.
Be part of this amazing group. Email us today with how you’d like to help:
- Plan, welcome and assist the public at special events
- Guide school children on ecological explorations
- Participate in Adopt-A-Plot (individually or as a club/group)
- Photograph plants, people, and programs at The Arboretum
- Write grants
- Help publicize The Arboretum
- Write articles for the Friends' newsletter
- Help remove invasive plants from Arboretum Woods: primarily Euonymus fortunei and Lonicera maackii
- Potted plants for exchange and sale
- Serve as a Tour docent
- Help out with the children's gardening program
Internships
We actively seek qualified interns from the following areas of interest: communications (marketing, public relations) and agriculture (plant and soil sciences, horticulture, forestry).
Please
email us today with your resume, available work hours and area of interest.
Adopt a Garden
Adopt A Plot help is always needed. This program is designed to give individuals, families, and groups an opportunity to join our family by assisting in the maintenance and development of the Arboretum. The garden area has been divided into many plots of varying size and complexity, which are available for adoption. “Adoptive parents” agree to weed and provide general cleanup for their plot. The time commitment would be about one to two hours every week or two from spring through fall. Participants are recognized by a sign identifying their plot. Interested persons should contact Marcia Farris at 257-6955 as soon as possible.
