Volunteers can be involved with gardening tasks, designing new areas of garden development, planning and running events. We are always keen to build on volunteer’s interests, skills and experience and therefore encourage suggestions and ideas and volunteers from all walks of life. It is not expected new volunteers to be an expert, or even to have any previous gardening experience. We welcome an array of skills.

Ardler Environmental Group are responsible for the maintainance and upkeep of the Ardler Community Garden area. Our volunteers meet once a week on Wednesday mornings to develop and maintain the gardens for the enjoyment of the community. You will help with weeding beds and planting new plants both for the gardens and for selling at community festivals. You can learn about different plants and their upkeep, hanging baskets and how to layout a garden. More experienced gardeners can share their knowledge with the rest of the group who are always keen to learn. When the weather is less clement the group organises trips to garden centres and other gardens to get ideas which you are welcome to take part in.

St Colms has a large polytunnel and garden area with cold frames where they grow and sell plants. We are looking for volunteers to assist adults with learning disabilities with horticulture activities.This could be in the polytunnel or outdoors. Tasks include sowing seeds, planting out seedlings, weeding and watering.

Volunteers work as part of a team picking litter in and near Milngavie Town Centre, sometimes working with other voluntary groups. It is an excellent opportunity to contribute to making Milngavie a more pleasant place to live, work and visit as well as making new friends and enjoying being out of doors. Groups meet approx. twice a month with volunteers invited to give what time suits them.

Volunteers work as part of a team planting and maintain plots and containers in and near Milngavie Town Centre, sometimes working with other voluntary groups. It is an excellent opportunity to contribute to making Milngavie a more pleasant place to live, work and visit as well as learning from others about gardening, making new friends and enjoying being out of doors. Groups meet approx. twice a month with volunteers invited to give what time suits them.

Cafe Solace in Kilbirnie have just started on a community garden in which they hope to grow vegetables which they can utilise to use in cafe and supply any surplus to the local community. They are seeking green fingered people to come along and help plant and maintain the plants on a regular basis

Bonnie Dundee is looking for volunteers to help make Dundee a greener, cleaner and brighter place for everyone. All are welcome to come and help us with our gardening activities and other tasks. Our volunteers and are involved in a wide range of projects and activities each year. Including tending to over 50 planters, an urban orchard and two gardens in the city centre, plus carrying out litter picks and helping to encourage biodiversity. Those involved aim to improve Dundee’s environment for both residents and visitors alike, providing opportunities for people to get involved and make a difference in their community. Bonnie Dundee has a great sense of community and enthusiasm, welcoming all volunteers regardless of age, experience or ability. Please do come and join us if you’d like to learn more, have fun and help make Dundee cleaner and brighter for everyone.

Victoria Gardens is a new exciting urban growing/social space located on the edge of Balgay Park. We have exciting plans for the space including a community kitchen and picnic benches. Now we are looking for volunteers to help us to build a pond, club house, mud kitchen, and sow seeds. The Garden is open we open Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10 to 3 pm in winter time and in spring / summer it will be open 5 days a week 10am to 4pm.

To help with general maintenance to keep the hospital garden attractive and tidy. The garden is a quiet space enjoyed by many patients, visitors and staff. Main Tasks:- To respect patient confidentiality. Volunteers will assist with a variety of on-going tasks including, weeding, pruning, watering and planting out flower beds. To comply with the NHS Tayside Policy on Volunteering. Wear ID Badge at all times.

We are developing a pioneering Scotland-wide path network for the benefit of all and we need volunteers in Orkney to help us. This is a great opportunity to improve your confidence in navigation skills and help you learn more about your local area. In Orkney you will be auditing data on existing paths or capturing new, currently un-mapped paths. You will be: -Participating in a short training workshop -Working with the Ramblers Scotland team to gather or capture data on paths in Orkney. -Audit data on existing paths or capture new, currently un-mapped paths. -Accurately assessing local Orkney paths to best capture the type of information we’re looking for -Providing feedback on the process to help inform the project going forward We believe that everyone should be able access the outdoors in Scotland with confidence and there is great potential to improve the mapping of paths in Scotland, to help more people get active and healthy and to feel confident to explore our wonderful nature and landscapes. To find -more visit https://www.ramblers.org.uk/mappingscotlandspaths or contact Heath Brown heath.brown@ramblers.org.uk