Volunteer for Plant Heritage to support our plant conservation work. You'll find likeminded plant enthusiasts, get access to rare and unusual plants, and gain new skills and experience.
Get involved and help
Within our network there are numerous opportunities to get involved and help with our activities that support our vital work in plant conservation. Some of these are advertised as formal vacancies, but you can also get in touch about any of the opportunities listed below.
- Group volunteers - helping with events, visits and plants sales
- Local representatives - would you like to be the Plant Heritage contact in your local area?
- Seed collecting/packing volunteers - simply collect and donate seed from your garden, or offer to help with packing and labelling seed. Seed collecting instructions are here
- Digital Plant Conservation volunteers - who help prepare plant records and photographs for upload to our database, Persephone
- Office volunteers - supporting the conservation team, digitising our paper records, labelling and sorting photos, helping fundraising activities and our events
- Fundraising volunteers - from holding a coffee morning, to a cycle race or running a marathon, there are many ways to raise funds to support our conservation work
- Collection coordinators - we have a team across the country who visit and support local National Collection Holders
- Plant exchange coordinators - who organise the plant exchange for local members - a chance to receive rare and unusual plants
Student volunteers at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival 2024
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