Volunteer
We are accepting volunteers to help grow food for the White Center Food Bank in our 37 school beds and to help out in other parts of our botanical gardens. Our food bank harvest time is Monday mornings between 10 and 11:45 am from April until the end of November. We have other gardening activities on Saturdays from 10:30 til 12:30. We take the week of 4th of July off. We can take volunteer groups of up to 15-20 with enough planning. See our volunteering FAQs below for more details about groups. Youth groups need to have a 1 to 3 adult to youth ratio. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates and special volunteer event days. Our partner the Weed Warriors Nature Stewards Program can also arrange community service hours.
We are an organization founded and operated by a committed network of volunteers, students, and community members. These supporters contribute in innumerable ways throughout the year to keep our community garden growing. We are almost entirely volunteer run and you can help us grow even further!
If you are interested in volunteering with New Start Community Garden, we'd love to have you join us! We want all of our volunteers to feel like they are contributing in the way that suits them best! Some examples of possible types of volunteer support include:
Organizing a Volunteer Work Party
Watering Vegetable, Flower, and Berry Beds
Planting Vegetables for the School and Food Bank
Harvesting Produce for the Food Bank
Weeding & Mulching Beds or Pathways
Teaching a Class for Students or the Public
Photography & Videography
Creating Artwork or Music in the Garden
Fundraising or Grant Writing
Please share your ideas with us on how you’d like to help!
If you have a Boy Scout looking for an Eagle project contact us at info@sharkgarden.org.
To get started volunteering, contact us below. We have a one-page volunteer application/waiver that we will send you to fill out. Each volunteer is then required to do an orientation tour with us to start.
Get started volunteering!
