Alberta Children's Hospital

The Healing Gardens and Horticultural Therapy programs at the Alberta Children’s Hospital have been in place since 2008. These programs have established strong connections with gardens and natural spaces for patients, families, and staff. Programming options for patients now include opportunities to utilize accessible outdoor spaces, grow plants, and interact with the natural environment in ways that meet targeted therapeutic goals. We rely on our garden volunteers to help maintain these garden spaces and offer patients, families, and staff with beautiful and therapeutic outdoor spaces.

Required Qualifications

•    Completion of grade 12.
•    Must be physically fit and able to lift heavy objects (up to 50 lbs.).
•    Ability to work independently in the garden.
•    Some experience with materials and equipment associated with garden maintenance.

Duties:

• Maintain garden spaces that are part of the Healing Gardens program. Regular garden duties will include: weeding; watering; dividing perennials; planting annual planters; pruning shrubs; monitoring gardens for pests and disease; disposing of garden waste in green waste bins on site.

• Communicating with other volunteers and Horticultural Therapist by email (when necessary) and in the logbook kept in the greenhouse.

• Volunteer for 3 hours per week at a time that works for your schedule. We encourage our garden volunteers to work alongside another volunteer, if they like, to make garden work more social and fun!