[ARCHIVED] Garden Volunteers

Lend our talented horticulture staff a hand and assist with the ongoing maintenance at Lyndale Park Gardens.

Rose Garden “Deadheaders”

The Rose Garden opened in 1908 and is the second oldest public rose garden in the United States. It features hundreds of varieties of Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, Grandifloras, Climbers, Shrub and Miniature roses.
First and third Saturdays, 9-11 am, May – October 18. Every other Thursday, July 10 – September 18, 9-11 am. Tasks include weeding, deadheading, and other general garden tasks. Tools, gloves, and parking passes will be provided.

Sign up to volunteer in the Rose Garden.

Peace Garden “Peacekeepers”

First built in 1929, and reconstructed in 1983, the Peace Garden features alpine plants, conifers, and flowering groundcovers. The Peace Garden provides some of the earliest outdoor blooms in Minneapolis.
Mondays and Wednesday morning starting April 14th through the end of October. 9:30-11:30am. Tasks include weeding, planting, general garden care. Tools, gloves, and parking passes provided.

Sign up to volunteer in the Peace Garden.

Additional Lyndale Park volunteer opportunities are available with the Garden Club of Minneapolis (GCM) in the Mixed Border and Native & Shade Plant Gardens. For more information about the GCM, visit their website at www.gardenclubmpls.org.

Email to join a Lyndale Park volunteer team.

The garden at Park Siding is composed of native MN plant species chosen for their ability to attract pollinators and for drought tolerance.

Monthly third Saturday gardening events are hosted by volunteers from the Cedar Isles Dean Neighborhood.

May – October, 9am-noon. Tasks include planting, weeding, mulching, and watering. All tools and supplies are provided and onsite.

Email for more information.

Sign up to garden at Park Siding Park.

Regular opportunities at the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden include invasive plant removals and shelter volunteering. Apply online.

For more information, contact swilkins@minneapolisparks.org or see Wildflower Garden Informal Docent Volunteer Opportunities [PDF] and Wildflower Garden Field-Based Volunteer Opportunities [PDF].

Neighborhood volunteers tend multiple perennial and shrub garden beds that surround beautiful Lake of the Isles and The Mall Parks.

Email for more information.

The Garden of the Seasons is composed of eight color wheel garden beds featuring perennials and annuals of a predominate color arranged for a rainbow effect. Native MN trees, shrubs, and woodland wildflowers surround the color wheel garden beds.

Monthly second Saturday Gardening:  May – October. 9am – 11:30. 9am coffee time. Garden activities start at 9:30am. Garden activities are co-hosted with The Friends of Loring Park. All tools and supplies are onsite.

First Saturday in May: Garden season kick-off meeting and brunch from 10am – noon in the community center. New volunteers are welcome on all Saturdays.

Email for more information.

Sign up to garden at Loring Park.

Native habitat garden located on 17th Street between 2nd Avenue and Stevens Avenue in the Stevens Square neighborhood. The garden is two blocks north of Stevens Square Park.

Last Monday of the month evening gardening. 5-7pm. All tools and supplies are provided. Garden activities are co-hosted with the Stevens Square Community Organization.

Email sbrooks@minneapolisparks.org or greening@stevenssquare.org for more information.

Sign up to garden at the Overlook.

Completed in 2005, Longfellow Gardens is a colorful array of perennials, annual, trees, and shrubs; rich in both variety and texture.

This garden does not use synthetic chemicals and or pesticides. On-site maintenance practices encourage and promote healthy soil conditions to create optimal growing conditions.

Spring and fall volunteer opportunities. For more information, contact tburton@minneapolisparks.org.

Located at Lake Nokomis and installed in 1998. This native plant and pollinator garden is a certified Monarch Waystation and a host site for the Minneapolis Monarch Festival.

Tuesday evening opportunities during the growing season hosted by Nokomis Naturescape volunteers.

Email lead garden volunteer vbonk@usiwireless.com for more information.

Installed in 2017 and located at Columbia Park. This garden focus is on reblooming and MN iris introductions – past, present and future.

Events are hosted by members of the community and the Iris Society of MN.

See http://nemmig.org/ for volunteer information.

The JD River’s Children’s Garden is a 1-acre fruit and vegetable-focused garden and orchard with the purpose to engage children and teens in caring for and learning about food production, harvest, and preparation. Extra produce not used in programming or sold at garden-market, is donated to local food shelves. This garden does not use synthetic chemicals or pesticides.

The garden season runs from Mid-April to Mid-October, Monday-Friday with volunteer opportunities mostly 8am-4pm. Tasks can include planting, weeding, mulching, deadheading, harvesting and watering. All tools and supplies are provided onsite.

Email jdrivers@minneapolisparks.org for more information, or Apply Online.