Volunteer at an RHS Garden

Garden volunteers enhance the work of the garden teams at all five of our gardens – RHS Garden Harlow Carr in Yorkshire, RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex, RHS Garden Rosemoor in Devon, RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey and RHS Garden Bridgewater in Greater Manchester.

We have a number of visitor services roles at our gardens, some roles are combined at specific sites. 

• Mobility Vehicle Volunteer Drivers enable our less able volunteers to see important garden features
• Volunteer Tour Guides deliver garden tours, describing the garden and its history
• Membership Recruitment Volunteers answer visitor queries about membership and recruit new RHS members
• Welcome Volunteers provide visitors to Wisley with a warm welcome on arrival

RHS Gardens are renowned for engaging thousands of children every year with horticultural activities. Family Events Volunteers assist the Education and Learning team with the preparation, set up and delivery of workshops and activities.

School Visit Volunteers assist with visits from groups of school children. They greet students, their teachers and deliver tours.

Volunteers help our science teams, based at RHS Garden Wisley, supporting all areas of our scientific work. Many Science Volunteers are scientists or horticulturists themselves and enjoy sharing their expertise or continue this work following their retirement.

Administration Volunteers can assist staff with mailings, update spread sheets, input data onto RHS databases and perform other administrative office work.

Some computer skills and knowledge of filing and administrative tasks are preferred for these roles.