The Calyx Horticultural Display Centre Volunteer
The primary role is to offer excellence in customer service to visitors in The Calyx by providing a face-to-face opportunity for visitors to ask questions about the plants in the display. The Calyx Volunteer will promote the plant display and activities available for the visitor’s enjoyment.
Currently no Vacancies
Herbarium
Specimen Mounting Volunteers mount pressed and dried plant specimens onto archival board for the National Herbarium of NSW. Volunteers mount a wide range of plant families, from fragile orchids and lichens to bulky banksias. Approximately 20 per cent of the 1.2 million Herbarium collection is now mounted on archival paper. Attention to detail essential.
Currently no vacancies
Specialist horticulturist
Volunteers assist in special horticultural projects such as maintaining the Begonia Collection and the Rose Garden, and assisting with the Garden’s Palm Collection.
Currently no vacancies
Library
Library Volunteers provide assistance to the Library staff by helping to shelve materials, covering and end-processing books, scanning, stocktaking journals and other smaller discrete projects. They also assist with archiving the Library’s photograph and ephemerae. Experience is very useful.
Currently no vacancies
Science: Plant pathology
Plant Pathology volunteers assist in routine plant pathology laboratory work within the Plant Disease Diagnostic Unit (PDDU) and assist in laboratory/field/greenhouse work associated with research projects within the Plant Pathology Section.
Currently no vacancies
Scientific Field Work and Special Project
Volunteers assist Trust scientific staff with field work and special projects. Volunteers also assist with the compilation of information for research projects in systematics and ecology.
Currently no vacancies
Volunteer Guides
Volunteer Guides provide visitors with general orientation and on-site interpretation, enhancing their experience with informative tours of the Garden. They cover topics of science, horticulture and site history in an engaging way. Guides also assist with other educational and administrative activities.Volunteer Guides generate goodwill and increase community support for the Gardens.
Currently no Vacancies