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Volunteering at RHS Garden Rosemoor
Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the RHS. All our current volunteering opportunities are listed below so please take a look at the role descriptions. If you can’t find a particular role that you are looking for, it means that there aren’t any vacancies at present.
To apply for a role, please click on the 'Fill in an application' button on the right hand side. Our application process starts with asking you to create a profile on our volunteer management software called 'Better Impact'. If you already use Better Impact for another organisation or are a current RHS Volunteer looking to apply for a different role, please use your existing username and password to log in. If you have any questions please contact us on volunteer@rhs.org.uk.
Our Current Volunteering Opportunities
Herbarium Volunteer
We are currently looking for a volunteer to help collect plant specimens in RHS Garden Rosemoor and in so doing, enhance the herbarium collections held at RHS Garden Wisley.
The RHS Herbarium located at RHS Garden Wisley is one of only a very few in the world to specialise in preserved cultivated plants, currently holding c.97,000 dried specimens. It is a unique record of the development of ornamental plants and as such a vital resource for research. The herbarium is within the RHS’ Science and Collections directorate, and its plant-collecting programme feeds directly into Nature Target 2 (Biodiversity Positive) of the RHS Sustainability Strategy. We aim to have a representative specimen of every kind of cultivated ornamental in the UK and hope to achieve this ambitious target with your help.
The role will mainly involve collecting, photographing, describing and pressing plant specimens, these activities will take place inside and outside in the garden. Use of the RHS Colour Chart is expected to match the shade of individual plant parts to a registered colour code.
We are looking for a volunteer to help us on Wednesday every other week from 10am to 4pm (with one hour for lunch). Full guidance will be provided to carry out above-mentioned tasks.
Please read the Herbarium Plant Collecting Volunteer Role Description for more details.
To apply, complete an online application form, even if you have volunteered with us before. Please ensure that you demonstrate how you meet the suitability qualities listed in the role description in your application. Please note this link will take you through to our Volunteer Portal where, if you have not already done so, you will be prompted to create a log in before progressing to the application form. If you have, any questions please email Will Merrison (he/him) at willmerrison@rhs.org.uk (Herbarium Plant Collector).
All applications should be received by Midnight (GMT) on 26/04/2026.
Interviews (on the following dates) will be conducted via Teams, and the Herbarium team will give in person training:
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Interview via Teams |
In Person Training |
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RHS Garden Rosemoor |
07/05/2026 |
28/05/2026 |
Woodland Volunteer
Are you interested in caring for woodlands and have four hours a week to spare? Do you enjoy physical work, being outside, and working as part of a small team? Then you may be interested in this exciting opportunity to join our woodland volunteers’ program
We are looking for committed volunteers to help us with the day-to-day management of our woodlands.
This role would suit physically fit, practical people with a keen interest in woodlands that want to help make a difference and improve our already beautiful woodland areas.
For more information, please read the attached role description - Woodland Volunteer Role Description.
To apply, complete an online application form, even if you have volunteered with us before. Please ensure that you demonstrate how you meet the desirable qualities listed in the role description in your application. Please note this link will take you through to our Volunteer Portal where, if you have not already done so, you will be prompted to create a log in before progressing to the application form. For more information, please email Rodney Knight rodneyknight@rhs.org.uk
All applications should be received by Midnight 3rd May 2026
