Volunteering

Are you a passionate mower, a handyman/woman, a good weeder or plants-person, with some time on your hands? Maybe you enjoy chatting and explaining things to the public, even making a good coffee? We need you! We are running short on our volunteers around the site and in the kiosk. We offer a great social opportunity, healthy work out activity (according to your capacity), plus support in exchange for some hours regularly given on these essential aspects of our Arboretum’s running.

The following is a list of positions/roles which are required for effective operation of the Arboretum in fulfilling its mission.

Positions which are currently unfilled, or for which more volunteers would greatly assist us are highlighted in red.

President
Treasurer
Public Officer
Webmaster
Fundraising & Sponsorship
Librarian
Living Collections Secretary

First Vice-president
General Committee Chairman
Membership Officer
Social Media Managers (2)
Arts and Events Co-ordinator
Tree Collections Curators (5+)
Living Collections Committee

Second Vice-president
General Committee Members
Publicity Officer
Education Officers (3+)
Tree Accessions & Recording
Kiosk Manager & operators
Nursery Operator

Secretary
Honorary auditor
Newsletter editor
Site Hire Officer
Tree Sponsorships & Recording
Living Collections Chairman
Grounds people

If the philosophy of The Tasmanian Arboretum Inc. resonates with you and you think you might be able to fulfil some role in assisting the Arboretum, we warmly invite you to offer your services. Alternatively you might be interested in, or more comfortable with, shadowing or assisting an existing office bearer.

It’s not necessary to have any botanical knowledge, and volunteers need not disqualify themselves from a role because they are not in a position to do physical work. As you can see from the list of positions/roles there is plenty to do. Indeed a prospective volunteer may well have skills and knowledge not covered by the descriptions listed but can see a way their input will assist the Arboretum. It doesn’t matter how large or small a contribution you are prepared to make as every bit helps. You don’t even need to be a Member of TAI for many tasks although we always welcome new members.

If you feel you can contribute in some way, please contact Greg James for Site works volunteering on 0408 642 488, or Pat Fleming for Kiosk team volunteers on 0493 406 643.

If circumstances are not quite right just now, we do hope that you keep the idea in mind for future consideration.