Gardens of Golden Gate Park

Become a Japanese Tea Garden Greeter this spring! Welcome spring in the Japanese Tea Garden this March and April as we anticipate the beautiful blooms of our cherry blossom trees. This volunteer role helps visitors and the Visitor Experience team as guests first enter the garden. Familiarity with the Gardens of Golden Gate Park and the surrounding area will help with common visitor questions. To help prepare volunteers for this event, we have opportunities to tour the collection with staff and volunteers.

As a Garden Greeter, you will: 

• Provide a warm welcome to guests
• Help visitors find the correct path to begin their garden journey; helping with wayfinding may include directions to the correct line, helping visitors identify the appropriate proof of membership, residency or other applicable cards to gain entry efficiently
• Share their enthusiasm for the beauty and serenity of the Gardens of Golden Gate Park and Garden etiquette such as advising visitors to stay on the paths, and that wind can carry debris away easily so disposing trash properly is a necessity.
• Invite visitors to continue to support/connect with the Garden by volunteering, becoming a member or donating (share applicable QR codes or direct visitors to a nearby donation box).
• To successfully help visitors in this role, you may be positioned anywhere along the admission lines to enter the Gardens and help review proof of membership or move up and down the line of visitors to make sure they have the information that they need to find the correct line.

About You: As a volunteer of the Gardens of Golden Gate Park, you enjoy connecting people to plants, the planet, and each other. Garden Greeters actively welcome visitors and help them as they identify the correct route for them as they enter the gardens, moving along the admissions line of the Gardens as needed throughout their assignment.  

Location: As a Garden Greeter for the Japanese Tea Garden, you will be situated alongside Visitor Experience staff at the Japanese Tea Garden, strategically located to help visitors find their way smoothly as they enter or exit the Japanese Tea Garden.

To prepare for this assignment: 

• Contact the Visitor Experience lead if you are unable to make your shift, day of at (415) 940-8864.
• No alcoholic beverages are allowed before or during your assignment
• It may be busy - please eat before your assignment and stay hydrated.
• Only bring what you can carry; there is no place for storage.