VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Mailings                                                                    
Groups of volunteers come to DCH in November, February and March to help fold, stuff, and stamp large mailings.  
Time commitment: Week day for 2-4 hours. 
Flexible schedule.

Plant Sale Volunteer
Each year in May, during Mothers Day weekend, we have a plant sale at two community gardens in Wilmington; one on Friday and one on Saturday.  Volunteers help the week of the sale at DCH putting pre-orders together.   Then on the days of the sale, volunteers help set up, move plants, and help customers with plant questions and ideas. 
Time commitment: Pulling pre-orders, week day 2-4 hours.  Friday 1-4 hours and/or Saturday 2-6 hours.  Flexible schedule.

Community Garden Volunteer
In spring and fall volunteers work with staff and community gardeners weeding, mulching, and doing general clean up in community gardens throughout Wilmington.
Time commitment: Week day or weekend 2-4 hours.

Judge City Gardens Contest
On a Saturday morning in July teams of volunteers judges visit 4-7 gardens entered in the Wilmington City Gardens Contest.  Judging criteria forms are provided so no prior gardening experience or knowledge is required.  Breakfast and lunch are provided.
Time commitment: Saturday morning, 3-4 hours.     

Photographer 
Volunteer photographers document events, photograph our gardens, and photograph DCH plantings around Wilmington.  A digital camera is required.
Time commitment: Year round, flexible schedule.

Lecture registration
During our “Help for the Home Gardener” lecture series in January, February or March, volunteers check-in registrants, collect payment, and attend lecture for free.
Time commitment: Week day evening, approximately 1 hour.  Can volunteer for one or more lectures.

Secret Garden Volunteer
Every other Friday, year round, a group of volunteers work with preschool children from the Ministry of Caring daycare. Volunteers work in the classroom and at the Children’s Secret Garden a block from the daycare.  Topics relating to plants, horticulture, gardening, and the environment are the focus.
Time commitment: Every other Friday, 9 to noon. 

Greenhouse/Atrium Volunteer                     
Volunteers tend plants in our Greenhouse and Atrium.  Water, fertilize, groom, and treat all indoor plants.
Time commitment: Tuesdays, 9 to noon.

Grounds Garden Volunteer (Wednesdays 9 to noon)           
Volunteers tend the gardens surrounding the DCH facility.  Volunteers weed, plant, water, mulch, groom, and do general gardening maintenance.
Time commitment: Wednesdays, 9 to noon.

Arbor Day Volunteer (April)

Bare Root Planting Volunteer (March)

To become a DCH volunteer, download and print the application. Complete the application and mail or fax to:

Marcia Stephenson
Special Events Coordinator
Delaware Center for Horticulture
1810 North Dupont Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19806
Phone: (302) 658-6262 ext. 105
Fax: (302) 658-6267

Delaware Center for Horticulture. Cultivating a Greener Community.