- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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11 people are interested
Love to garden and have fun? Volunteer with one of our Garden Groups!
ORGANIZATION: UCSC Arboretum
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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11 people are interested
Garden volunteers meet weekday mornings for 2-3 hours in the various gardens here at the Arboretum. Volunteers help with weeding, light pruning, more weeding, planting and transplanting plants.
Garden volunteers are physically active, outdoor loving people who enjoy the satisfaction of helping to keep the gardens healthy and beautiful.
General requirements: Bending, lifting, and working outdoors.
More opportunities with UCSC Arboretum
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About UCSC Arboretum
Location:
120 Arboretum Road, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, US
Mission Statement
Connecting People with Plants.
Description
The Arboretum at UCSC is a research and teaching facility committed to plant conservation and serves both the campus and the public. Its rich and diverse collection, containing representatives of more than 300 plant families, provides beginning students with a broad survey of the plant kingdom. Facilities for growing plants offer students and research faculty opportunities to experiment with living plants. The Arboretum maintains collections of rare and threatened plants of unusual scientific interest. Particular specialties are world conifers, primitive angiosperms, and bulb-forming plant families. Large assemblages of plants from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and California natives are displayed on the grounds. Many of the species in these collections are not otherwise available for study in American botanical gardens and arboreta.
Arboretum events educate and engage the public about plant diversity and conservation. Of service to the public and the nursery industry are the Arboretum's activities in importing, selecting, and breeding choice ornamental plants, especially those that are drought tolerant and pest resistant. To date, the Arboretum is the original importer of more than 1,500 different selections of choice ornamentals. Many of these have been and will continue to be the plants of future California gardens.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1156 High St.Santa Cruz, CA 95064
DATE POSTED
June 27, 2017
SKILLS
- Gardening
- Habitat Restoration
- Botany
- Horticulture
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- 10 am to noon 2x a month Wed, Thur, or Fridays