Our volunteers offer us their time, support and passion at our RHS Gardens. They deliver garden tours, help to maintain plants, welcome visitors and inspire the next generation to get involved in horticulture
Garden volunteers enhance the work of the garden teams at all five of our gardens – RHS Garden Harlow Carr in Yorkshire, RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex, RHS Garden Rosemoor in Devon, RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey and RHS Garden Bridgewater in Greater Manchester.
We have a number of volunteer roles supporting our Visitor Services teams. Mobility Vehicle Drivers take our visitors to see important garden features; Tour Guides deliver garden tours; Membership Recruiters answer visitor queries about membership; and Welcomers provide visitors with a warm welcome on arrival.
RHS Gardens are renowned for engaging thousands of children every year with horticultural activities. Family events volunteers assist the RHS Education and Learning team with the preparation, set up and delivery of workshops and activities. School visit volunteers assist with visits from groups of school children; they greet students, their teachers and deliver tours.
Volunteers help our science teams, supporting all areas of our scientific work. Many volunteers are scientists, horticulturists or have a passion for biodiversity and wildlife. We have a wide range of unique roles such as Slugs Count volunteers, Plant Imaging Volunteer and Herbarium volunteers.
Library volunteers assist in the cataloguing, filing and archiving of all books and collections. Library volunteers also help our visitors to access books, magazines and other information.
Administration volunteers can assist staff with mailings, update spreadsheets, input data onto RHS databases and perform other administrative office tasks. Some computer skills and knowledge of filing and administrative tasks are preferred for these roles.
Please note: Better Impact is a third party. When applying for a volunteer role, you are leaving the RHS website, and will be governed by both the RHS and Better Impact’s privacy policies. Please read the Volunteer section in the RHS Privacy Policy.
We believe that volunteering should be a mutually beneficial experience for both the volunteer and the RHS. All volunteers are expected to follow five principles:
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The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.
