Projects across the Trellis network are often looking for volunteers to fill a variety of roles.
If you have some time and skills to share with others please have a look at the volunteering opportunities listed below or contact gardening projects directly via the Directory of Projects
If you can't see any projects in your local area, then please email Jenny at the Trellis office who can suggest further gardening projects that encourage volunteering.
Here in the Trellis office we also need volunteers from time to time to help with administrative, website or fundraising work. Email or call to find out about current opportunities.
Volunteering within the network:
I would recommend looking at our Project Directory. It would be a case of contacting the project directly to find out if they are currently looking for volunteers.
Projects post there volunteering opportunities on our website, take a look here: https://www.trellisscotland.org.uk/content/volunteering-opportunities. Here about volunteering opportunities easily by signing up to receive our emails or follow us on social media.
Look out for gardening/outdoor volunteering opportunities locally:
Community gardens – visit your local library/volunteer hub to find about local opportunities.
Map of some of the community gardens in Scotland, see https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/your-area/scotland
Keep Scotland Beautiful ‘It’s your neighbourhood’ gardening groups – see https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/community-and-place/its-your-neighbourhood/find-out-more-and-take-part-in-its-your-neighbourhood/2023-entrants/
National Trust for Scotland, contact local properties and gardens, also have an online portal https://www.nts.org.uk/volunteering-jobs/find-a-volunteering-opportunity/volunteer-opportunities
The Conservation Volunteers offer outdoor volunteering activities across Scotland , see https://www.tcv.org.uk/scotland/join-in/
Scottish Natural Heritage, volunteering in nature across Scotland https://www.nature.scot/about-naturescot/working-and-volunteering-us/volunteer-outdoors
Local estates and stately homes, see a map https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions-map-by-county.htm?County=Borders&AttractionType=Historic+House
WRAGS offer some training/paid work with seehttps://www.wfga.org.uk/wrags/WFGA , part of Working For Gardeners Association https://www.wfga.org.uk/ .
I would also suggest approaching local private country estates/ houses to ask about volunteering in their gardens.