Volunteer Opportunities

Whether you have a few hours each week, each month, or each year, there is a job or task to fit your time allowance and interests. Satisfying work and new friends await you!

Our current openings include:

Other Volunteer Opportunities

Membership Committee - Volunteers are needed to join the year round Membership Committee. Come join the team that plans membership recruitment and retention and work at events.

Docents – The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden has a team of volunteers who give docent-led tours in the garden to both adults and children. The Children’s Docents conduct free educational field trips to school groups. The Adult Docents provide tours at the Saturday @ the Garden programs as well as to other garden groups, senior citizen groups and/or other groups who want to be shown the garden. We offer tours in a host of topics such as Plant Adaptations, Ethnobotany, Homeowner Horticulture, California Natives, and Water-Wise Gardening.

Docent Training – A six-week training session is offered each spring for individuals who want to become Docents. We offer training for both Adult Docents and Children’s Docents. A nominal fee is required to cover the cost of the training manual.

If you would like to become a docent or want more information about volunteering click here or give us a call at (805) 546-3501.

A special thanks to the docents shown below who have participated in adult tours for the Botanical Garden during the last year:

Also a special thanks to the following who have served as children's docents.

Elinore Cottrell, Eva Hayward-George, Ken Levine, Carolyn Margon, Georgia McCarthy, June Minikel, Anne Sinsheimer, George Smith, Sioux Strebin, Liz Curren, Ronnie Davidson, Doris Hallowitz, Jeannine Jacobs, Bryan Potter, Althea Schroeder, Debbie Grisanti, Beverly Gingg, Mellanie Branch.