Volunteering with Reiman Gardens

Activity Description

Volunteers help with the maintenance of the permanent plantings and rotating displays in the Hughes Conservatory. Volunteers learn new gardening techniques and help maintain a variety of unique displays and exhibit gardens. Other activities may include watering, planting, deadheading, trimming, weeding, stuffing topiary forms, or other special projects.

2026 Theme: Living Landscapes

• Spring Exhibit: "Big Bulbs" - bulb diversity
• Summer Exhibit: "Orchid Forest" - orchid family diversity
• Fall Exhibit: "Fall Fractals" - Pineapples and other bromos
• Winter Exhibit: "Celebrating G-Scale with RG Express" - Bonsai, dwarf conifers - G-scale gardening

What to do when you arrive

• This activity starts before the Gardens opens to the general public. Here's how to enter the gardens before we open.
• Sign in (via front desk kiosk or your phone app), then meet in the Headhouse or Conservatory.
• We'll provide all the necessary tools, but volunteers are encouraged to bring their own gardening gloves. 
• Please note that signup for this volunteer activity closes around 4:00 p.m. the previous day to allow staff time to prepare for the upcoming shift and communicate where to meet with volunteers.

Training and Requirements

• All volunteers will receive onsite training by the appropriate staff member.
• General physical activity associated with some of these assignments has risks.
• Services provided may include activities that may be hazardous including, but not limited to using garden tools, lifting soil, rocks or other objects, etc.

Activity Locations

Staff Leaders