Volunteer with the RHS

If you're passionate about gardening or wanting to support the RHS in its vision to make the UK a greener and more beautiful place, volunteering with us could be perfect for you

Helping you to help us

Our volunteers do amazing things, from maintaining our gardens, inspiring young people to engage with horticulture, ensuring visitors at our flower shows have a great day out and supporting us with our horticultural and scientific research.

We warmly welcome anyone to volunteer with the RHS and are committed to ensuring volunteers feel valued and recognised for everything they do. We have volunteers supporting us at all our gardens, in our libraries, retail outlets, learning centres, at our shows and in communities across the UK.

Find the perfect role for you

Please note: Better Impact is a third party. When applying for a volunteer role, you are leaving the RHS website, and will be governed by both the RHS and Better Impact’s privacy policies. Please read the Volunteer section in the RHS Privacy Policy.

Being a volunteer at the RHS

Hear from our volunteers about their experiences of volunteering in different teams at the RHS.

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Our commitment to volunteers

We want to inspire more people to volunteer and we commit to:

  • Providing high quality, meaningful and engaging volunteer opportunities 
  • Ensuring volunteers feel valued, recognised and engaged throughout their time with us
  • Offering a diverse range of opportunities which will enable us to be more inclusive
  • Welcoming, training and supporting our volunteers – where possible utilising the skills they have to offer
  • Treating all volunteers with dignity and respect 

Volunteering opportunities

Volunteer at a garden

Take up a volunteer opportunity at one of our RHS gardens 

Volunteer at a garden

Volunteer at a show

Support and meet visitors at one of our world famous RHS flower shows

Volunteer at a show

Volunteer in your community

Clean and green up your local spaces 

Volunteer in your community

Explore our current vacancies

Please note: Better Impact is a third party. When applying for a volunteer role, you are leaving the RHS website, and will be governed by both the RHS and Better Impact’s privacy policies. Please read the Volunteer section in the RHS Privacy Policy.

Since I began volunteering, a whole new aspect of life has opened which is a joy. I've enjoyed the opportunity to meet fascinating people, both other volunteers and the public.

RHS Flower Shows Volunteer

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The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.