Volunteer Opportunities
The award-winning Cheyenne Botanic Gardens volunteer program is horticultural therapy in action. Our volunteer workforce is primarily composed of seniors, at-risk youth, youth participating in special programs (such as merit badges or awards programs), and individuals with disabilities. We also have opportunities for people of any age and training, especially if they have special skills needed at the Gardens.
Volunteer tasks are matched to the abilities of the applicant. Some people prefer to host the front desk, others like to weed and tend the roses, and still others prefer to work in the greenhouse, grooming plants. There is always something that needs to be done. The rewards are learning about gardening, solar energy, and sustainability while making new friends and taking home fresh harvests.
Now that you have decided to volunteer, please print and refer to the Step-by-Step Process when completing all the forms below to ensure a successful submission. The volunteer application submits automatically once you click the COMPLETE button, and youth volunteers between 12-17 yrs of age are not required to fill out the city packet.
Please contact volunteer coordinator Trudy Fox at 307-637-6376 or tfox@cheyennecity.org for general volunteer inquiries.
Guest Services Team
Welcome Desk Team: Provide friendly customer service to guests, including answering questions about the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. When greeting guests, distribute maps and other information they request, and discuss highlights of visiting the Gardens. Be familiar with the information in the Guest Services notebook for rules, regulations, and policies of the CBG.
Tilted Tulip Gift Shop Team: Provide friendly customer service to customers, including answering questions about our merchandise. Running the cash register (Clover). Clover responsibilities include counting the cash drawer at the beginning and end of your shift, issuing refunds/exchanges, printing a second receipt, making a basic sale, deleting an order, and adding a discount.
Horticulture & Children's Village Team
Interior Plant Care Team: Assists in all tasks required to maintain healthy and interesting plant displays. This includes watering, pest management, pot cleaning, sweeping, potting plants, cutting propagation, and seasonal display propagation.
Annual Planting & Maintenance Team: Assists in annual plantings and maintenance, including watering, weeding, deadheading, planting, loading trucks, and any other tasks for annual installations.
Grounds & Maintenance Team: Assists in all tasks required to maintain our exterior gardens and spaces, such as raking, pruning, leaf blowing, mulching, planting, watering, picking up trash, pulling annuals, and composting.
Paul Smith Children’s Village Team: Assists in all tasks required to maintain our interior & exterior gardens and spaces, such as raking, pruning, fertilizing, leaf blowing, mulching, planting, watering, clean up, pulling annuals, and composting.
High Plains Arboretum Team
We are also seeking volunteers to work outside at the High Plains Arboretum. Activities include weeding, mulching, and installing cages around trees and shrubs. Regular workdays are Mondays, September through May. More weekday opportunities are available June through August. If you are interested in helping at the arboretum, please contact Jessica Friis at 307-287-1953 or jfriis@cheyennecity.org.
Applications and Forms
“Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn, they are saying, “Let’s stay here.” And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.” — Anne Raver