Volunteers needed for UC Davis Arboretum

Start making plans for a 2025 full of nature, outdoor time and helping others. Where? At the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

UCD’s world-famous arboretum is now accepting applications for garden volunteers. Deadline is Jan. 13.

“Volunteering with the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden is a rewarding way to spend time in nature, socialize with community members, and pick up new skills,” say the organizers. “We are currently recruiting volunteers for our regular weekday gardening teams.”

These volunteers will help the arboretum’s experts tend the campus’s themed gardens and collections such as the Acacia Grove, the Storer Garden and the California Native Plant Meadow. The arboretum boasts 30 distinct gardens and collections, so there are plants to match just about every interest.

Volunteers are expected to make a one-year commitment, but the schedulers are pretty flexible; volunteers can take long breaks and vacations, say the organizers.

Volunteers with some garden knowledge are particularly wanted, but total beginners are OK, too. No matter your skill level, there are opportunities to learn a lot in this vibrant environment.

This recruitment drive is just for garden volunteers who will get their hands dirty with planting, weeding and other tasks. Volunteers for 2025 plant sales and work at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery will be recruited separately.

For full details and to apply: https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/form/apg-volunteer-training-applicati

For more about the arboretum and its gardens: https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/