Get Involved
Garden Volunteer
We are always looking for qualified & passionate volunteers to support our school gardens and the Urban Farm at Enston Home!
Garden Volunteers commit to garden work days or special projects throughout the semester. Our work days have a capped number of volunteer spaces. Garden work days are posted on our Events Calendar, so take a look, sign up and we’ll see you out in the garden!
DetailsUrban Farm Field Trips
Interested in bringing a group of students to the Urban Farm at Enston Home? A Green Heart Urban Farm Field Trip will consist of a farm tour, hands on garden activity, and a farm-fresh taste-test. Field trips can be designed to the meet the needs of your students and cover a wide range of topics. Please note there is a cost of $10/person for field trips – however, if this cost is prohibitive, we are happy to discuss payment with you further.
Fill out this inquiry form to get the process started and contact Kevin, kevin@greenheartsc.org with any questions.
DetailsGreen Heart Buddy Volunteer
Green Heart “Garden Buddies” assist our full-time Garden Educators in the delivery of outdoor classroom instruction to elementary school students. This includes leading small groups in hands-on gardening activity, helping with arts and crafts projects, and reinforcing learning presented by the Garden Educator.
Buddies play a key role in the work we do at The Green Heart Project. We appreciate you considering this valuable contribution to school garden education.
Qualifications
No particular gardening expertise is required; just a willingness to help young minds grow!
Garden Volunteers and Volunteer Groups
Garden Volunteers: We are always looking for qualified & passionate volunteers to support our farm & gardens throughout the year. Garden Volunteers commit to garden work days or special projects throughout the year. Spring workday dates are posted on our Events Calendar, so take a look, sign up, and we’ll see you out in the garden!
Volunteer Groups: We are currently accepting groups of 15 people or fewer to volunteer on Thursday evenings at the Urban Farm at Enston Home. We require volunteers to register on our Events Calendar beforehand, so please check to see if there are spots available. Outside of Thursday evenings, we organize a limited number of special garden volunteer events for our financial sponsors. If you are interested in sponsorship, please contact Executive Director, Jesse Blom at jesse@greenheartsc.org.
Other ideas?
Would you like to get involved with our project in a way that is not listed? We are always open to suggestions from our volunteers, and ideas to improve our gardens and our programs are always welcome! For more information, please contact us at volunteer@greenheartsc.org