We need a lot of reliable helping hands to maximize our impact! Want to help? Choose your own adventure!

PLEASE READ THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS BELOW CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING YOUR CHOICE. Consider your lifestyle, your capacities, your passions, assets and skills--we'll be relying on you, so be honest with yourself!

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*-Presentation Squad -Volunteers get: light PB-specific training in public speaking, access to several purpose-made presentations for various audiences -Volunteers do: presentations to community groups, schools, etc when needed

-key seasons: one-offs all year, but especially in spring and summer -average commitment: 1-2 talks per year + brief training

*-Seed Harvest Team -Volunteers get: training on how to collect and clean seeds, seed envelopes, access to info on germination requirements for seeds we offer, access to seed collection areas -Volunteers do: harvesting, cleaning and packaging of seeds, and help with the annual Seed Swap and Share event

-key season: Aug-Nov -average commitment: a few weeks from Sept-Nov, brief harvesting outings, mostly work-from-home

*-Seed Sitters/Propagation Department -Volunteers get: brief online training, Winter sowing jugs with soil and seed if necessary, first access to sprouts in the Spring Sale -Volunteers do: tracking of what species/how many get planted, filling and placing of winter-sowing jugs outdoors in winter, monitoring, watering after snowmelt, reporting to the team on germination progress, division/transplant in the spring, and relocating to the Sprout Sale 1-2x a year

-key season: Nov-Jan for sowing/placement, April-June for sprouting, watering, division and Sprout Sale -average commitment: minimal from Nov-March, short daily check-ins from March-May, and several hours of transplanting time, plus attendance at the

**-Garden Planners -Volunteers get: a small-group, multi-week crash-course training in native garden design, group-designed species reference resources  -Volunteers do: site visits, garden design in exchange for PB donations/as outreach

-key season: spring/summer for site visits, plans possible all year (but not common) -average commitment: ~2-4 site visits, a couple days-weeks for planning and package prep

***-Volunteer Coordination/Matchmaking  -Volunteers get: list of keen volunteers, insider info about events and needs -Volunteers do: regular meetings with Kelly and Ash about upcoming needs and events, matchmaking between volunteers and events, communication with volunteers and organizers about events, follow-ups with volunteers and organizers to make sure everyone’s needs are getting met, sometimes recruitment/onboarding of new volunteers

-key season: spring/fall -average commitment: this is a key position with implications all year, but it’s generally done in small spurts with larger gaps between. Important recurring events include Sprout Sales (late May/Early June), Pollinator Week (3rd wk in June), and the Seed Swap and Share (Nov), but occasionally other events through the year (ex Holiday markets, local enviro org events, planting or educational events, etc)

*-Table Team -Volunteers get: event table swag, table, chairs, to make friends -Volunteers do: laying out and facilitating tables (eg Pollinator Week, Open Air Dunlop, etc), keeping the table stuff organized, letting admins know when more supplies are needed, talking to strangers about native plant gardening 

-key season: spring and summer, rarely fall or winter -average commitment: 2-4 times/year, usually concentrated in the spring and summer

**-Stuff Librarian -Volunteers get: a moderately large volume of planting, transplanting and gardening materials, barn space to organize it (north-end Barrie) -Volunteers do: organizing, knowing what is available, knowing vaguely who has what, and accepting/organizing donations of materials 

-key season: spring for pots, summer for donations, fall for sowing -average commitment: initial organization and inventory stuff 1-2x/yr in Spring and Fall, and then periodically but infrequently throughout the year as people need things.

**-Pollinator Patch Lead  -Volunteers get: list of species and layout, detailed info on species, Ash-support on demand -Volunteers do: regular check-ins with photos (at least once every 2 weeks), watering in drought, weeding 2-4x year, monitoring for seed ripeness in the fall (and alerting the Seed Harvesters)

-key season: summer and fall -average commitment: One weeding late spring/early summer; 1xweekly checks, watering 1x/wk in drought; in winter, zero time.