Retail
Volunteer
Job Description
Your next adventure is calling! Apply to be a host volunteer at Boyce Thompson Arboretum (BTA) for the 2023-2024 season. Founded in 1923, BTA is the oldest and largest botanical garden in Arizona set within 400 acres of breathtaking high-desert landscape at the foothills of the Superstition Mountains. We’ll be kicking-off our centennial celebrations this fall and continuing through 2024 so 2023-24 will be a very exciting season to join us! BTA’s mission is to inspire appreciation and stewardship of desert plants, wildlife, and ecosystems through education, research and conservation.
We are looking for volunteers that can serve our Visitors Center Department or Education Department. Couples volunteer 20 hours/week (40 hours total) and single occupants volunteer 30 hours/week. In exchange, you will receive an RV site with FHU (maximum rig space is 45-ft.) and 24/7 access to a shared trailer with washers/dryers, a bathroom with a shower, and a common meeting area available for use at no cost.
Duties with our visitors center include customer service, watering in the retail nursery, taking admissions, gift shop cashier, and more. Duties with our Education Department include leading educational tours, working with school groups, facilitating nature play for children, and more. Previous experience is desired but not required. To apply, please send a resume to volunteer@btarboretum.org for consideration.