3 shifts, 7 days per week; 9 am – 5 pm, 5 per shift
3-hour training required | Sept. 18 or 20, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
2 shifts day; 10 per shift | 7 a.m. – 12 p.m., 12 - 5 p.m.
2 shifts a day; 26 per shift | 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. or 12 – 3 p.m.
3 shifts, 7 days per week; 6 per shift
Ticket takers and path guides
2 shifts, 20 per shift | 4:30 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. -10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. | October through May
Volunteers will help with science activities and crafts, discovery tables, stories, and face painting. Shifts are either 9:30-12:30 or 12 noon – 3 p.m.
Monday – Sunday | 8 a.m. to 5 pm., whenever convenient
Assembling resource materials used with school tours.
For additional information contact Pam Levin, 480-481-8166 or plevin@dbg.org
Groups are encouraged to help on a variety of Garden activities including mailings, festivals, special events and one-day projects.
Our Education programs serve over 40,000 school children each year and we need help preparing a variety of materials for tours.
- Preparing booklets
- Making “magic” bags for kindergarten tours
- Creating bead bracelets for elementary school tours
This new program is made up of 12-17-year-olds who volunteer regularly at the Garden. For more information, contact Nancy White at 480-481-8197 or email nwhite@dbg.org.
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To volunteer for Chihuly: The Nature of Glass please contact Pam Levin at 480-481-8166 or plevin@dbg.org
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How to be a DBG Volunteer
The Desert Botanical Garden is an exciting place and volunteers are needed in every area of activity. Learn all about being a Volunteer in the Garden at one of the following meeting dates. Adults and teens (12 and older) are needed.
January 10, 13, 15, or 17 / 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Contact Nancy White at nwhite@dbg.org or 480-481-8197 for information and registration.
Special Events Volunteers
Needed for the Fall Plant Sale, The Great Pumpkin Festival and the Las Noches de las Luminarias.
Luminaria – Path Guides
December 4,5,6,7,11,12,13,14,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23
Chihuly: The Nature of Glass – Garden Hosts
Orientation January 24 or February 19 / 10 a.m.-noon
Spring Butterfly Exhibit – Interpreters
Training – February 21 or 25 / 9 a.m.-noon
Contact Pam Levin at plevin@dbg.org or 480-481-8166
Volunteer opportunities include weekday, weekend, morning and afternoon programs. There
are exciting volunteer opportunities for youth, 12 years and older. TEENs – Teen Environmentalists Exploring Nature--volunteer at the Garden on an ongoing basis.
If you are interested in learning more about volunteer opportunities at the Desert Botanical Garden
or to register for the orientation class, go to our website at dbg.org and fill out a volunteer application form. Or contact Nancy White at 480-481-8197 or nwhite@dbg.org.
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