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INTERNSHIP & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

For all opportunities listed, please contact Vidya Tikku at (617) 542-7696 x13 or email her at vidya@bostonnatural.org

Help Color Boston Green

BNAN is currently seeking interns with an interest in environmental sciences, community outreach, open space research, database management and web development. Our wide network of contacts with various local organizations and community garden groups will expose the interns to a wide range of topics including local gardening issues, landscape architecture, urban planning, community organizing and environmental research. The interns will be able to work closely with the BNAN staff to create a personalized and challenging internship program. Potential candidates should be motivated, reliable and available for occasional night and weekend commitments.

Garden with BNAN

Learning Garden Volunteer Crew
City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive, Mattapan
 For info on volunteering at the Learning Garden contact Erika Rumbley at erika@bostonnatural.org or call 617-542-7696.

Greenway Gardneners
TO VOLUNTEER with Greenway Gardeners along the Neponset River Greenway or the East Boston Greenway: Contact candice@bostonnatural.org or call 617-542-7696. School and community groups welcome!

Stay tuned for upcoming Greenway Gardener Volunteer Opportunities!

Greenways

Participate on the Greenway Councils:

Attend Greenway events. (See the calendar or BNAN quarterly newsletter, Urban & Green, for details.)

DOT Grows Garden Council

Farmers Market Assistants
Sunday, February 26
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Great Hall, Codman Square, 6 Norfolk Street, Dorchester

The Dot Grows Garden Council is looking for volunteers to lend a helping hand at the Dorchester Winter Farmers Market. Activities will include set-up and breakdown as well as meet and greet vendors and customers. To volunteer, contact Grantley Payne at grantley@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696.

BNAN Annual Events

Stay tuned for upcoming volunteer opportunities!

Community Gardens

  • Participate on the Boston Gardeners' Council (BGC) Council. The BGC will meet quarterly in 2012 on the third Tuesday of the month in February, May, August and November. See Garden Council. Contact Karen Chaffee at karen@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696.
  • Boston Gardeners Council Education Assistants
    Join BGC in offering educational programs throughout the city year-round. Teach a workshop, read garden-oriented stories to young folks, help set up lectures and garden oriented movies at libraries during the winter months. Contact Karen Chaffee at karen@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696.
  • Get involved in the Master Urban Gardener (MUG) program. 
  • Get involved in the Master Urban Gardener at Home (MUGatHOME) program.
  • Assist BNAN horticulturist with City Natives nursery maintenance. We are looking for someone with knowledge of horticulture or plant sciences to help out 2-4 hours/day with nursery maintenance, including watering, fertilizing, pest monitoring & control, propagation, sanitation, weeding, pruning, planting, and grounds work. We will provide on-site training in horticultural practices, propagation, and plant care.

  • Heating up the Greenhouse!
    Saturday, March 3, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
    City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive, Mattapan

    Help BNAN build a new composting system in the City Natives greenhouse that will extend the growing season earlier into the spring! To volunteer, contact erika@bostonnatural.org or phone 617-542-7696.

Neighborhood Events and Meetings

  • It’s time for the BNAN traveling show! And we need your help to represent BNAN at local events, take along a BNAN-provided poster board of information, hand out interesting BNAN literature, and talk about the wonderful programs and work BNAN and its volunteers are doing. Contact: karen@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696.

Office Assistance

  • Help BNAN staff with mailings, research, and other office work.