Community Gardener Volunteer

Greener and Cleaner; Greater London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused organization is seeking a passionate Community Gardener Volunteer to help maintain their community garden in Bromley, Greater London. Ideal candidates will have general gardening skills and a willingness to engage with the community. This volunteer role involves attending the garden once a month and participating in a project that promotes eco-friendly practices while supporting community engagement.

Qualifications

• Passion for the outdoors and gardening.
• Able to conduct physical tasks like digging and lifting.
• Over 18 years old.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the community garden.
• Engage with the community and support others.
• Learn and share knowledge about eco-friendly gardening.

Skills

General gardening

Growing and nurturing plants, trees, flowers

Customer-facing role experience

Job description

Community Gardener Volunteer

Basis: Attending the community garden at least once a month

Section: Volunteer support

Reporting to: Outreach and Partnerships Coordinator

Location: Greener and Cleaner Community Garden, Southlands Road Allotments, Baths Rd, Bromley.

Responsible for: Maintenance of our community garden.

DBS Check: Some volunteer duties may require a DBS check

About the role

The Hub from Greener and Cleaner is looking for volunteer Community Gardeners to help maintain our community allotment. We are especially interested in anyone with skills in :

• General gardening (including physical work like digging, lifting, carrying things).
• Growing and nurturing plants, trees, and flowers.

What will you be doing?

We’ve started a community garden to help others learn and practice skills for biodiversity, growing their own produce and a place for connection. Your role is central to the upkeep of our wonderful garden space.

Read the full description here.

Who are we looking for?

Someone with a passion for the outdoors who has skills in :

• General gardening (including physical work like digging, lifting, carrying things).
• Growing and nurturing plants, trees, flowers.
• Comfortable working in a customer-facing role in a diverse community.

A team player. We’re mostly all part-time and / or volunteers relying on, and supporting each other, in our various roles. We’re a very friendly bunch and warmly welcome new people on the team.

Keen to learn and share knowledge about growing fruits and vegetables in an eco-friendly way.

You’ll need to be over 18, please.

What difference will you make?

Despite being based in the garden, you’ll be part of our pilot project which, if successful, will see versions of The Hub rolled out across the UK, providing a blueprint for others to be shared and upscaled.

This is about engagement and encouragement : about trying and learning. We want to make people feel that whatever they can do helps, by learning new skills like gardening to grow their own produce, this is all part of the small everyday changes they can make to help fight climate change.

Apply today

If you can commit to attending the garden once a month, please apply online here or contact us at [e-mail]

You can also download a printable application form here. [Coming soon].