Volunteering

Notes about Recertification...

Once Master Gardener Volunteer (MGV) Interns are certified, they need to serve at least 24 volunteer hours to be recertified each year, performed between Sept 1-Aug 31.

A minimum of 10 continuing education (CE) hours are required each year after the MGV Intern's initial certification.

The opportunites indicated with a "- 4 -" below count toward the 4 hour volunteer requirement to Dane County Extension.

See the Events and Related Links pages for allowed CE opportunities.

- 4 - Volunteer with the Madison Area Master Gardeners Association

Contact us if you would like to volunteer with the Madison Area Master Gardeners Association (MAMGA) organization. Hours earned volunteering with MAMGA qualify towards the state required 24 hours per year for recertification. Click here to reach mamgaVolunteer@yahoo.com.

• Volunteer Coordinator
• Executive Board Directors
• Garden Journal Distribution/Marketing
• Speakers for a new Speakers Bureau
• Practical Education/Service Projects
• Mentors for new Mentor Program
• Help with writing articles for newsletter and website

- 4 - Volunteer with the UW-Madison Allen Centennial Gardens

- 4 - Volunteer with the UW-Dane County Extension Office/Master Gardener Program

- 4 - Volunteer with the UW-Madison Arboretum

See Ecological Restoration Work Parties for current dates. Training provided. Groups welcome with advance notice.

- 4 - Volunteer with the UW-Madison West Madison Agriculture Research Station

- 4 - Volunteer with UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

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zAldo Leopold Nature Center
Come and volunteer - there's room for everyone! Learn about nature, earn experience, build your resume. Come once a month or once a week, the sky's the limit.

Call (608) 221-0404 to receive a volunteer application form.

Click on the link to the Aldo Leopold Nature Center website for more information.

zCity of Madison Parks
Created in 1983, the People for Parks program encourages citizens to take an active role in the maintenance and enhancement of our parks. Donated funds for specific projects are matched, allowing increased flexibility. Contributions of parkland, benches and trees have enhanced our parks. Stewardship efforts are visible through Earth Day clean ups, tree mulching, hiking trail repair, planting and weeding gardens, prairie seed collecting and assistance at special events. These activities involve individuals, community organizations, businesses, school groups and neighborhood associations throughout the community.

For more information on how you can volunteer in Madison's parks, call the Parks Community Relations Coordinator at (608) 266-5949.

Click on the link to the City of Madison Parks website for a list of the current volunteer opportunities.

zGoodman Pool
Contact Taylar Foster, (608) 266-4711.

Goodman Pool is located at 325 E Olin Ave behind the Alliant Energy Center.

Gardening volunteers will be responsible for general weeding in perennial and shrub beds, picking up trash in planting beds, pruning and re-mulching shrubs and trees and general upkeep of planting beds. Volunteers will work independently on an as-needed basis when you are available.

All volunteers will be fully trained before starting work. Training is held regularly. Volunteers will be given a T-shirt to wear when gardening, gloves, tools and a safety vest.

Volunteers must fill out an application and pass a background check. The only requirements are that you are dependable, friendly, 16 years of age or older, and able to work in sun and in a chaotic environment!

zIce Age Trail
Add benefits to the natural landscape with habitat restoration projects. Many times and sites to take your pick against invasive species removal before native seed planting. Tools of use are loppers, bowsaws, weed wrenches and pick mattocks. Lightweight pulling of garlic mustard. Children 8+ allowed. Call Don Ferber, Volunteer Coordinator, (608) 222-9376