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Volunteers

The Gardens on Spring Creek encompasses 18 acres which include: community gardens, Children’s Garden, Visitor Center, greenhouse, xeriscape garden, special events, as well as year-round youth and adult programs. With so much happening at The Gardens, volunteers are a valued and critical component in our daily operations as well as continued success.

We help volunteers reach their personal goals through diverse opportunities. Volunteers work with staff and gain knowledge as well as experience. The Gardens on Spring Creek offers the following: opportunities to meet new people, enjoyable work environment, facility to give back to the community, docent training, develop new skills, (horticulture, front desk administration, and computer skills for example), attend volunteer only events, work with youth and adults, and tasks that benefit the community through continued development of The Gardens. We invite you to come grow with us!

We need assistance in:

Horticulture:

• Greenhouse – seeding, transplanting, weekend watering, pot washing, integrated pest management, inventory control
• Outdoors – spring cleanup, spring/summer/fall plantings, garden maintenance, mulching beds, watering trees, compost pile maintenance, water garden maintenance, plant label installation and maintenance, perennial thinning, fall cleanup, and weeding.

Education:

• Youth Programs – instructor, instructor assistant, youth tours docent, horticulture therapy for licensed practitioners, and outreach education opportunities.
• Adult Programs – adult tours docent, horticulture therapy for licensed practitioners, and outreach education opportunities.

Special Events:

Volunteers help as needed at specific times during the year. Events include, but are not limited to: Compost Festival, Harvest Festival, spring plant sale, Bike-n-Jazz, Trains in The Gardens, Thursday Night Music & More, open houses, birthday party coordinator or host, ‘Boo-tiful’ Halloween, and December poinsettia sale.

Green Thumb Greeter:

Greeting people as they arrive, answering the telephone and/or transfer calls to staff, track number of visitors, answer questions, inform visitors of youth and adult programs or special events, direct visitors to various locations of The Gardens, assist visitors with lost and found items, and taking messages for staff.

Administrative:

Data entry, filing, mailings, fund raising, web-based research, create database for plant collections, create plant labels.

Marketing:

Public relations, assistance with creation of program materials, flyers, brochures, graphic design, illustrations, newsletters, and publishing.

Construction:

Carpenter for wood projects (as needed) which may include: design, construction, and installation of interior and garden related structures and features. Minor maintenance of buildings and grounds are also needed.

If you have questions or are interested in becoming a volunteer please contact Connie Meyer, Volunteer Coordinator at 970-416-2482 or

• Volunteer Application (PDF 144KB)

Applications are considered for volunteering positions for which they have applied without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability and other characteristics protected by law.