To Volunteer it is essential that you join the Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide.
By joining the FBGA you are becoming part of a community that supports the Botanic Gardens of South Australia & State Herbarium.
PLEASE CONTACT: info@friendsbgadelaide.com with your volunteer request or fill in the following online form.
TOURS COMMITTEE: The Friends put on a regular program of events organised and run by a committee that meets monthly. The Tours Group are looking for members to be involved in organising tours and events.
FRIENDS’ COMMITTEE: A person may nominate to join the Committee who meet on the 3rd Monday of each month in the ABG to make decisions on the direction of the Friends.
GARDEN GUIDES: A trained group of Friends who take guided walks in all 3 Botanic Gardens. Click here to find out more information on how to become a Garden Guide.
GAZETTE MAILOUT: Help with the mail out of the Gazette, twice per year.
GROWING GROUP: The Growing Friends are a hard-working group propagating and tending plants in the Mt Lofty Botanic Garden Plant Nursery
MEMBERSHIP/PROMOTIONS/COMMUNITY EVENTS: Promotion of the Friends at Community Events and in the media.
NORTH LODGE: Volunteer between 10am – 3pm. North Lodge is open 7 days a week (except Good Friday & Christmas Day) Shifts are 10-12.30, or 12.30pm - 3pm. If you do have a few spare hours each month we'd love to hear from you.
OFFICE: Help with the Mailout of Friends’ Newsletter, 4 times per year.
PUBLICATIONS: The Friends Gazette is produced four times a year. Journalistic, editing, or advertising experience is required.
HANDS ON HORT’ WBG: Garden maintenance volunteering in the WBG at Blackwood. Help required on a weekday for half a day Tuesdays per week from 9am to 1pm, Friends.
HANDS ON HORT MLBG: Garden maintenance volunteering in the Mt Lofty Botanic Garden Piccadilly. Thursday mornings.
HANDS ON HORT: ABG help out with basic maintenance in the Class ground adjacent to North Lodge. Tuesday mornings.