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All volunteer opportunities in growing spaces and gardens
We are looking for someone with a bit of knowledge and experience and lots of passion to help us make our community garden as productive as it can be. What we grow is used in our food project to help feed Dundee. We have raised beds, an Orchard and a Polytunnel. Contact us on enquiries@signpost-international.org or 01382 504033
Come and help look after the PLANT Community Garden, the work varies with the seasons but we grow fruit, vegetables and flowers with an organic approach.
Biodiversity surveys can be carried out any time you're passing by, and takes between 5 to 15 minutes to complete. Scan the QR code or use the link: https://eweu.uk/SyV3rY to be taken to a list of insect surveys complete with instructions. Take part in a nationwide citizen science data collection effort! (Please note, ground dweller surveys should ideally only be done once a day.)
Bonnie Dundee are meeting to plant their displays in the planters opposite Malmaison and in Union Street. If you would like to join us please bring a trowel and come along. We can lend you one if need be. Lively chat and banter and help us make Dundee bonnie .
This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in our new project at the Maxwell Garden, DUNDEE THE BIG GROW. We are engaging with 100 households across the city to support them to set up or develop their own growing space, cook with their produce and help wildlife.
Student Volunteering is back! As spring approaches learn to grow (and eat) tasty vegetables, tend to plants and care for our bee colonies This is a drop-in session, but feel free to message us with any questions or accessibility requirements.
Role: Garden Volunteer. Do you like people? Do you like
being outdoors? Do you like plants and
gardening? Want to learn more about
being in a garden and being part of a small friendly team?
Volunteer for a morning session, an afternoon session, or for the whole day! We garden for our mental health and are supported by Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH). Drop in for a chat about volunteering and together we can imagine how to use your unique skills to contribute to our wildlife friendly space.
Victoria Gardens is an exciting urban growing/social space located on the edge of Balgay Park. We have exciting plans for the space including a community kitchen and picnic benches.
We have garden volunteer opportunities in our beautiful community garden. Ever wanted to get outdoors, see wildlife, meet a friendly crowd and learn a new skill? Come along and find out more about it. You don't need any gardening knowledge as we will provide training and any equipment you might need.
On Tuesday afternoon, volunteers gather in the park to tidy and maintain the green space through weeding, pruning and trimming. Tools and gloves provided. Please let us know in advance if you intend to join in so we can get the right equipment out.
We are seriously addressing food insecurity, carbon emissions and the malnutrition associated with a hyper-processed diet as well as offering educational and therapeutic spaces in our fabulous community market garden located in Camperdown Country Park.
As a volunteer with the Ardler Community Garden you can help with weeding beds, planting new plants and harvesting produce both for the gardens and for sharing with the local Macmillan cafe. More experienced gardeners share their knowledge with the rest of the group who are keen to learn.
We are meeting in the garden and tackling many jobs! From pruning to working on our mixed orchard, you can join in whether you have got lots of gardening skills or simply a willingness to get stuck in and learn. We'll also have time for a cup of tea, a sweet treat, and a wee chatter in the community pantry. Everyone is welcome! Hope to see you there!
Do you like people? Do you like being outdoors? Got a couple of hours a week to spare? We are looking to expand our team of volunteers to get involved with fruit, veg and flower growing. There are a whole range of different ways to help - sowing seeds, digging, weeding, harvesting fruit, The work is done at a relaxed and easy pace with time tea breaks and socialising.
Catherine and her colleagues are responsible for most of the wonderful planting you see around the city centre of Dundee. They do a huge amount of planting for pollinators and increasing the biodiversity within the centre. Anything that flowers and is good for the bees might be spotted in the planters.
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network have been visiting our Community growing spaces and this is the chat they had with Hollis who volunteers with Wee Forest, Dundee.
SCCAN -Scottish Communities Climate Action Network visited some of the Community Growing spaces and had a chat with the volunteers to find out what motivates them to get involved. Hear what Harold has to say. He is a Volunteer at Fruitbowls Garden in Ancrum Road.
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