The generous support of our volunteers and members helps us maintain this beautiful garden.
Volunteers are welcome at all levels of gardening ability (including none!). By volunteering and/or becoming a member, you help the garden flourish.
Volunteering includes pruning and shaping plants, weeding, mowing, trimming the paths and borders, deadheading spent blossoms, and so much more. We work with volunteers throughout the season in supervised weekend sessions.
Volunteer
About guided volunteer sessions in the garden:
When: Saturday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., weather permitting, from early spring into November.
Where: Riverside Park Promenade @ West 91st Street. Meet by the gate of the Octagon garden.
April - May
Spring cleaning: Clearing plots of debris, transplanting, and preparing plots for the spring and summer ahead. Also weeding, pruning, composting, planting summer annuals, and basic maintenance including mowing, trimming edges, and clearing the paths.
June - September
Continued maintenance, weeding, etc. Planting seeds and summer annuals.
OCTOBER - November
Winterizing the garden: pruning, cutting, clearing plots, planting spring bulbs.