Join us for a family-friendly morning in the gardens as we welcome spring! Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark actively promotes landscaping with native plants in balance with traditional garden selections to inspire visitors. Your participation in an Adopt-A-Park volunteer service project helps MetroParks continue its mission to protect the region's natural heritage and provide outdoor experiences that inspire a personal connection with nature.
Impact
Gardening volunteers support our horticulture and education staff in caring for a variety of gardens throughout our parks. These gardens not only provide beautiful spaces for Miami Valley residents to get outside, explore, and connect to nature, but many also provide fresh local produce to those in need in our community.
Tasks
- Volunteers will help with seasonal gardening tasks, including pulling tulip bulbs, raking beds, weeding, edging, and mulching, all while enjoying the beauty of the gardens. If it's the right time for pulling bulbs, volunteers may also have the opportunity to take some home.
Eligibility
This opportunity is open to individuals, families, groups, public, long-term, and short-term volunteers, ages 5 and up.
- Background Check: We do not require a background check for our public volunteer opportunities; however, persons with a criminal record may be disqualified and prohibited from service. Please review our background check policy here. For those required to complete Court Appointed Community Service, please click here.
- Family Volunteers: This opportunity is family-friendly. Families with youth volunteers under the age of 14 are welcome to volunteer. The family must include one parent or guardian per 3 children who engage in service and assume supervisory responsibility for the children during volunteer service.
Additional Notes
- Parking & Meeting Instructions: Click here for a map of Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark. Volunteers should park at the main parking lot in front of the building and meet at the map kiosk by the building. Please plan to arrive about 10 minutes before your shift to allow time for parking, check-in, and connecting with the staff lead. Look for the 'Volunteer Event' signage.
- Cancelation: If you need to cancel a shift at the last minute or are running late, please call the project staff lead, Payton Johnson, at (513) 292-8303.
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Environment & Physical Demands: This project takes place outdoors. Please be aware of outdoor exposure risks (i.e., sun, poison ivy, insects, etc.). Volunteers should be aware of seasonal allergies (i.e., grass, pollen, bees, etc.). Volunteers can expect to participate in walking, bending, kneeling, twisting, reaching, and lifting objects 5 lbs or more, possibly in direct sunlight.
- If you would like to request a service accommodation to volunteer at this opportunity, please contact Volunteer Services at least 1 week before the scheduled opportunity.
- Dress: Volunteers should dress for the weather and to get dirty! Wear long pants and closed-toe shoes, and have your favorite work gloves, water bottle, sunscreen, and bug spray.
Learn more about Gardening opportunities with us on the Volunteer Position page! Have questions or need help getting started? Contact Volunteer Services at volunteer.services@metroparks.org or #937-275-7275 or join us at a Volunteer Open House.
