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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES |
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Volunteer
at the Bellevue Botanical Garden and join hundreds of individuals and
groups that provide 10,000 hours each year supporting the Garden.
Volunteers participating in educational programs, special events,
horticultural assistance, and fundraising are essential in enriching the
experience for all visitors. You can make a contribution by
giving just one or hundreds of hours of your time enhancing this
community jewel.
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 Special Event Support volunteers. We need volunteers to help during our
special events with providing direction to visitors, patrolling the grounds
and reporting problems to Garden staff, and assisting Garden staff with
opening and closing duties. Be a part of making these popular community
activities happen. You can learn new skills, make new friends and enjoy
exciting Garden festivities. For job description, go to
http://www.bellevuewa.gov/garden-events-assistant.htm. Training
will be provided; please call 425-452-2750 or email
lscott@bellevuewa.gov. |
Lead
adult and children tours of the Garden. Docents are the
principal interpreters of the Garden. These volunteers guide groups of
up to 50 persons through the gardens. Docents strive to promote and
interpret the Garden in a conversational and informative way; tours
typically last 1-2 hours. Docents commit annually to being paid members
of the Society, regularly attending docent meetings, conducting tours,
and acting as hosts in the Visitor Center on weekends April through
October. Contact Judy at
bbgsoffice@bellevuebotanical.org
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Help organize and participate
in exciting
events
throughout the year,
including Mother's Day Open House, Rare Affair Benefit Auction, Garden D'Lights and the Northwest Flower
and Garden Show.
Put
your creative talents to work for
Garden d'Lights.
Make a “flower” using
an existing design or create your own. All of the flowers and critters
made from lights are both designed and made by volunteers. Attending a
class in the Spring or Fall will make you an expert and qualify you as a
volunteer for our work parties held throughout the year where we make more
advanced flowers and create new designs. Garden d'Lights volunteers can
also teach lights classes, assist
with supplies procurement, decorate the visitor center, and set up and take
down lights in November and January. We could also use a welder to make
frames for our larger flowers and critters.
If
you are interested in working with children, please visit the
Living Lab
page
for more information and then call our office at the number below or fill
out our
web form. Volunteers assist
professional staff teachers and are trained "on the job.
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Staff the
gift shop
by providing sales assistance and
general merchandising. Make new friends and meet people from all over the
world. No experience is necessary; training is provided. |
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Provide
horticultural assistance.
Volunteers work with
Garden staff, interns and other volunteers to plant, prune, create and
maintain paths, and detail the Garden. |
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Get
involved with the Garden’s education programs. Help develop
educational resources, implement the interpretive plan, organize
evening lectures for adults or lend a hand with our new school
education program for elementary school classes.
Volunteer Now |
