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Volunteer opportunities
The Gardens have a wide range of volunteer opportunities that vary throughout the year. Whether you love to engage with the public, work with youth, or help maintain our beautiful gardens, we have a volunteer role for you.
Teen Volunteer Service Learning Saturday Series
Join our Education team at San Francisco Botanical Garden to learn about plants while helping with hands-on gardening projects in the Children’s Garden to help steward this local treasure. Join us this spring:
- Exploring the Sensory Garden, March 16, 10am-1pm
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Why and how do plants make scents? Make sense of the scents that plants make by helping our team care for the fragrant garden and leave the day by making a small bag of tea to take home and enjoy.
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Tending to a Kitchen Garden, April 6, 10 am-1 pm
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Learn about edible plants by helping our team care for the edible raised beds and take a seasonal tasting tour of the Kitchen Garden and take a small harvest home.
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Group Volunteer Service Events
Schedule your team for a day of volunteering at the Gardens. Group volunteer events are a great way to bond while weeding and helping our staff maintain the Gardens.
Schedule a Group Volunteer Service EventInterpretative Program
We are currently recruiting new volunteers to serve as ambassadors of our vital living collections by engaging visitors around interpretation stations and as a rover at the Botanical Garden and Conservatory of Flowers. The next training session will take place for five Tuesdays from April 16 – May 14 from 9:30am-2:30pm.
Library Reception
Welcome visitors and support our team at the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture.
Special Event Support
Welcome guests to one of the many special events at the Gardens.
Horticulture opportunities
Grab your gloves and dig in with a Green Team to support the horticulture team in caring for the Gardens.
Youth Programs in the Children’s Garden
Help staff with programs and hands-on gardening projects to improve and maintain our learning landscape at the Children’s Garden and support our youth library program.
Individual Volunteer Requirements
Individual volunteers must have a current Gardens of Golden Gate Park membership, successfully complete a background check, have an email address, and submit an online volunteer application form.