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INTERNSHIP & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

For all opportunities listed, please contact Vidya Tikku at (617) 542-7696 x13 or email her at vidya@bostonnatural.org

Help Color Boston Green

BNAN is currently seeking interns with an interest in environmental sciences, community outreach, open space research, database management and web development. Our wide network of contacts with various local organizations and community garden groups will expose the interns to a wide range of topics including local gardening issues, landscape architecture, urban planning, community organizing and environmental research. The interns will be able to work closely with the BNAN staff to create a personalized and challenging internship program. Potential candidates should be motivated, reliable and available for occasional night and weekend commitments.

Garden with BNAN

City Natives Volunteer Crew
City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive, Mattapan
City Natives is tended by Jeremy Dick, BNAN Director of Property and Horticulture, and Erika Rumbley, BNAN Garden Educator. Jeremy and Erika work alongside a dedicated crew of volunteers and always welcome more helping hands. During the growing season, volunteers participate in greenhouse work, orchard maintenance, vegetable gardening, beekeeping and making compost, as well as other related activities. To join the City Natives Volunteer Crew, please fill out the form here: http://bostonnatural.org/cnGardenWithUs.htm.

Greenway Gardneners
TO VOLUNTEER with Greenway Gardeners along the Neponset River Greenway or the East Boston Greenway: Contact candice@bostonnatural.org or call 617-542-7696. School and community groups welcome!

Stay tuned for upcoming Greenway Gardener Volunteer Opportunities!

Greenways

Participate on the Greenway Councils:

Attend Greenway events. (See the calendar or BNAN quarterly newsletter, Urban & Green, for details.)

BNAN Annual Events

Stay tuned for upcoming volunteer opportunities!

Community Gardens

  • Participate on the Boston Gardeners' Council (BGC) Council. The BGC will meet quarterly in 2012 on the third Tuesday of the month in February, May, August and November. See Garden Council. Contact Karen Chaffee at karen@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696.
  • Boston Gardeners Council Education Assistants
    Join BGC in offering educational programs throughout the city year-round. Teach a workshop, read garden-oriented stories to young folks, help set up lectures and garden oriented movies at libraries during the winter months. Contact Karen Chaffee at karen@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696.
  • Get involved in the Master Urban Gardener (MUG) program. 
  • Get involved in the Boston Green Thumbs program.

April 2012 Volunteer Listings

Volunteer Opportunity
Tree Planting - MA DCR Park Serve Day
Saturday, April 21
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pope John Paul II Park, Hallet Street entrance, Dorchester

Service projects to improve MA Department of Conservation and Recreation Parks across the Commonwealth will be happening on Park Serve Day.  Join us to plant crabapples at beautiful Pope John Paul II Park in Dorchester on the Neponset River. Gloves, tools, snacks and water provided. Bring friends and family! To volunteer, contact candice@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696.

Volunteer Opportunity
Spring into Action! Earth Day Tree Planting and Nature Walk
Saturday, April 21
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Allandale Woods Urban Wild
7 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury

Celebrate Earth Day with BNAN and the Boston Parks Department by planting native trees and shrubs in an urban wild bursting into spring life. Bring water and wear sturdy shoes. Registration required. Email info@bostonnatural.org or call 617-542-7696.

Volunteer Opportunity
Arbor Day Tree Planting
Friday, April 27
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Nightingale Community Garden
512 Park Street, Dorchester

Join us to plant new fruit trees and shade trees and improve the orchard and buffer plantings in the Nightingale Community Garden. We will provide guidance and tools. you only have to bring a pair of gloves sunscreen and a bottle of wanter. Please register by calling 617-542-7696 or email info@bostonnatural.org.

Neighborhood Events and Meetings

  • It’s time for the BNAN traveling show! And we need your help to represent BNAN at local events, take along a BNAN-provided poster board of information, hand out interesting BNAN literature, and talk about the wonderful programs and work BNAN and its volunteers are doing. Contact: karen@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696.

Office Assistance

  • Help BNAN staff with mailings, research, and other office work.