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Interested in...
- Plants and gardening
- Learning new skills
- Sharing your skills and talents
- Making new friends
...become a Meerkerk volunteer!
Become a Botany Adventure Guide or Assistant
Weekdays in Spring and Fall: Botany Adventure Guides
Help our island school children discover the magic and mysteries of the plant world! We provide you with all the training, materials and support you need. You choose to guide tours based on what’s best for your schedule.
You do not have to repeat any training that you’ve already had, but are welcome at any session to freshen up. New guides are welcome to shadow or share a tour with a more experienced guide.
For more information on the Botany Adventure program, see the Youth Programs page or contact Arlee Anderson at arlee@meerkerkgardens.org or 360-678-4919.
 Every Thursday in
Spring: Grateful Deadheaders
Join the Meerkerk Gardens' Grateful Deadheaders every
Thursday morning in April & May, 9am to Noon and receive a
hand made tie-dyed T-shirt! Bring your favorite pruners
and gloves and team up with us for fun in the Gardens as we
deadhead the rhododendrons and beautify the world.
(Deadheading rhododendrons is removing the spent blossoms to
give energy to new growth and next year's flowers).
- 2nd Thursday:
Prune in June... and all summer long!
Because of the success of our pruning workshop May 21, 2010, we are dedicating the 2nd Thursday of every month, June through September, to pruning.
Join us in the Volunteer Cottage just before 9am for hot coffee, then out to the Gardens we’ll go! Bring your pruning gear and gloves plus suitable footwear and outer wear. We’ll treat you to hot soup and salad for lunch at noon.
- 2nd Saturday:
Work Party
Join us in the Gardens to plan and prepare for each new
season. Park in the volunteer's parking lot and meet in
the volunteer cottage for hot coffee and tea at 8:45. Embark on projects throughout the Gardens at 9 then return to
the cottage at noon for a potluck lunch.
- Thursdays: Hands-on-Horticulture
Work with our professional horticulture staff and other garden enthusiasts, the Whidbey Island
American Rhododendron Society, Island County Master Gardeners and the Greenbank Garden Club on
projects throughout the Gardens. We meet in the
volunteer cottage for hot coffee and tea at 8:45. Then we're
into the Gardens to prune, plant, pot, and beautify. Parking is
available just beyond the nursery. Follow the Volunteer Arrow
Sign at the Main Entry to the Green Volunteer Cottage below.
There are many other ways Meerkerk
Gardens can use your skills and talents: Education; Fund Raising;
Newsletter Publication; Plant Cataloging; Librarian; Publicity;
Facility Improvements or Special Events. Please fill out and
submit our questionnaire so we can contact
you. If you have any questions please email meerkerk@whidbey.net
Volunteer Form
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