As a part of our ongoing strategic planning process, we are re-envisioning our volunteer program for 2025!
Volunteer registrations are currently paused for the season, but we look forward to bringing you exciting opportunities to volunteer at Rutgers Gardens in the new year.
Rutgers Gardens organizes volunteer outings during weekday operating hours in our display gardens and natural areas, greenhouses, on the Helyar Woods trails, and in the fields of the Rutgers Gardens Student Farm.
Expanding on our newly announced Campus Stewardship initiative, additional volunteer activities will take place at select ornamental and display gardens, community gardens, and urban farms located on the Rutgers—New Brunswick campus. These sites offer excellent opportunities for Rutgers service fraternities and sororities, student clubs and organizations, and Rutgers faculty and staff to partner with Rutgers Gardens on a volunteer outing.
We offer limited weekend volunteer opportunities for on-site service projects with scout troops. This past year, Eagle Scout candidates repaired a footbridge in Helyar Woods, built and installed bat boxes and butterfly houses, and added plants to our gardens that help the pollinator community thrive. Please contact us if you have a proposal for a service project – we’d love to collaborate!
If you are interested in volunteering as an individual or on behalf of a group, please email Senior Program Coordinator Moira Keihm at moira.keihm@rutgers.edu with some details about your volunteer interests (plant care, sustainable agriculture, maintaining forest trails, etc.) and availability.
We look forward to sharing more information soon. We sincerely thank you for your willingness to volunteer so we can keep Rutgers Gardens and its satellite locations beautiful and safe for all to enjoy.