Volunteer Opportunities

Join us to sort and pack flats of plants to distribute to communities in King County, including making plant tags, potting up smaller plants, watering and organizing starts.

Help care for Bradner Gardens Park! During volunteer work parties, you'll work alongside community members to steward this beautiful learning garden. Activities include: weeding, mulching, pruning, planting, and harvesting.

Join us in packing highly nutritious, locally grown produce into bags for our South Seattle Community! Recipients of bags packed during these shifts can include Seattle Public Schools preschoolers and their families through the Seattle…

Our pay-what-you-can Farm Stand brings fresh, local food to our community June-September, as well as during off season pop up markets. Primary volunteer duties include weighing and packing produce from bulk quantities into retail units…

Join Tilth Alliance and the Friends of Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands at Seattle's largest urban farm! Learn by doing as you gain hands-on experience related to urban agriculture and environmental stewardship.

Help care for our 40+ year old community garden! During volunteer work parties, you'll work alongside community members to steward this beautiful learning garden. Activities include: weeding, mulching, pruning, planting, and harvesting.

Join us in tending this public gathering space where we grow fruits, berries, herbs, and other perennial plants. Together, we’ll weed, harvest, and cultivate plants to share with each other and the community.

The Natural Yard Care team will guide volunteers in stewarding perennial plantings and caring for garden beds that grow fresh produce for local food banks. Expect to help with planting, weeding, digging, mulching, watering, harvesting,…

During seed library shifts, volunteers will help organize and maintain our community seed collection. Tasks include alphabetizing seed packets, filling envelopes with bulk and donated seeds, sorting open packets, and keeping the library clean and…

Help care for McAuliffe Park! During volunteer work parties, you'll work alongside community members to steward this beautiful learning garden. Activities include: weeding, mulching, pruning, planting, and harvesting.

A joint project with the Garden Hotline and Seed2Fork Farm. Join us each month to plant, water and weed in the new raised bed demonstration garden at the Renton Agroforestry Cultural Farm located at the…

Assist our Natural Yard Care Team with keeping the native plants watered at The Good Shepherd Center.

Help with the projects of the day: planting, weeding, watering, worm bin maintenance, garden bed design, harvesting, seed saving, trellis building, and more! All skill levels and ages, including youth, families, and community members, are…

Support event set-up by assisting with moving tables and chairs, arranging décor, setting tables, and preparing the event space for guests. This role is ideal for volunteers who enjoy hands-on work and are comfortable with…

Support the entirety of the event by assisting with food service, beverage refills, busing tables, and dishwashing throughout the evening. Volunteers in this role should be comfortable moving quickly around the farm while carrying serving…

Assist with event breakdown and clean-up, including washing and storing dishes, moving tables and chairs, and helping restore the site at the end of the event. This is a fast-paced, physically active volunteer role that…

Help care for community orchard spaces, fruit trees and berries at the farm! Each month we’ll learn about and practice monthly fruit care tasks, including planting, pruning, harvesting, irrigation, pest and disease management, propagation and…

Support Tilth Alliance’s Registered Dietitians in welcoming seniors to Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands for a day of social engagement and creative activities focused on gardening, medicinal herbs, and self-care.

Support Bat Night by assisting with event set-up.

Help us capture the excitement of Bat Night.

Support Bat Night by assisting with event clean-up.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by helping with event set up. This shift will include setting up tents and tables, signs and decorations, and activity and demonstration supplies.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by helping to check volunteers in and out of their shifts, putting out refreshments for volunteers and staff, retreiving items from the kitchen and providing information and directions to event…

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by assisting City Fruit as they guide guests through pressing their own fresh apple cider.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by managing our accessible and performer only entrance gate. This shift will involve standing in one place and directing traffic.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by helping our stage manager as they assist the performers and AV crew.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by assisting our Youth & Families team in leading a nature-inspired craft zone.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by guiding guests through our U-Pick area as they harvest produce.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by assisting the food vendors as needed and tidying the tables and picnic area throughout the event.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by assisting guests with parking and retreiving bikes.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by assisting farm animal caretakers and their animals as they interact with guests.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by capturing the day for us to look back on in years to come.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by being available to help with whatever is needed most. This is a great position for someone wanting to try out a little bit of everything!

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by welcoming visitors as they arrive and distributing event programs.

Support Rainier Beach Farm Fest by doing some heavy lifting! The tear-down shift will include lifting tables and chairs, taking down tents, and clearing the site after the event.