Friends of the Wildflower Garden Volunteer Opportunities
Working with visitors
Welcome Station
The first stop for visitors is the Welcome Station Kiosk located just outside the front gate of the Garden. Kiosk volunteers are the first people most visitors will encounter coming into the Garden. Training sessions are required for new volunteers.
Visitors Shelter
The next opportunity is to be a docent at the Martha Crone Vistors Shelter where you interact with Garden naturalists and visitors.
Controling invasive plants
Greater Eloise Stewards
This volunteer group works to remove invasives and re-establish native habitat in the area of Wirth Park around the Wildflower Garden referred to as the Greater Eloise Volunteer Stewardship Area.
More Details . . . .
Legacy Stewards
Legacy Stewards assist the Wildflower Garden staff in the eradication of invasive plants by maintaining a designated control area within the Garden and outside the perimeter fence. More Details.
Display Events
Wildflower Garden Display Case at the Minneapolis Sumner Library Branch: The exhibit changes seasonally and is maintained by Friends president Jennifer Olson and other volunteers. Each season has a theme. The Library is located at 611 Van White Memorial Blvd, (at Olson Highway), Minneapolis.
Note: The library will be closed during 2024 for renovation. Display work will continue when it reopens.
State Fair Exhibit: Two days in the horticulture building meeting the public. (photo) Notice of this volunteer need will go via email to our email list.
Volunteer for Friends' Committees.
Communications:
Have an article you would like considered for our newsletter The Fringed Gentian™ or for our monthly Twigs and Branches?
Want to help publishing emails? Help organize volunteers? Willing to serve on the Board of Directors?
All of these areas are open to anyone who wishes to help us with our mission.
Let us know about your interest with an email to this address and the appropriate person will contact you.
Photo-Volunteers with the Sumner Library display.
Garden theme items by the Friends
