Two Ways To Sign Up:

  •  Complete this short 3 question form and Cheney will contact you to set up a Garden Tour and/or Volunteer Orientation.
  • If you have already completed the above garden volunteer form, simply sign up below for the dates you plan to attend. 
Park at Queensborough Community Centre
920 Ewen Avenue
New Westminster

Become a Regular Garden Volunteer

Would you like to be a regular garden volunteer,
&/or
tend one of the community garden boxes (with NO wait list)?

Ryall Park Therapeutic Community Garden
Across the parking lot from the Queensborough Community Centre, New Westminster, BC
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Volunteer Days - Saturday Afternoons
1:30 – 4:30 pm
Saturday, October 7th
Saturday, October 28th
​Saturday, November 18th

You will gain experience in plant care and identification, as well as orchard and pollinator meadow management. You will also learn about native plants and organic gardening methods, watering schedules and irrigation techniques, best practices for gardening in community plots, and so much more!

The volunteer activities on each day will depend on the needs of the garden (and people who attend), as well as the weather.  This is also a great time to bring any of your gardening questions to Cheney.

Cheney is an Organic Master Gardener, and one of the hearts (and sets of hands) responsible for dreaming up and building Ryall Park Therapeutic Community Garden. She welcomes all garden questions and conversations!

Please dress to get dirty and bring garden gloves if you have them. 

Volunteer opportunities may include:
- Caring for the orchard trees
- Tending the pollinator meadows
​- Stocking the Seedling Library
​- Managing the compost bins
​- Assisting with the Forest Garden
​- General plant care and garden maintenance

Training and guidance to learn about each aspect of the garden will be provided - no experience necessary!
Volunteers will be invited to take home extra plants as well as herbs, seeds, and any produce ready to harvest
All Volunteer Days are currently scheduled on specific Saturday afternoons and will be preceded by an optional morning workshop ($25-35).

Each morning workshop includes:
  1. A garden tour
  2. An introduction to the Therapeutic Gardening Model
  3. Practical gardening lessons, and
  4. A therapeutic gardening practice based on the topic of the day.

Click here for more information and to register for the Wellness in the Garden morning workshops.

​Sign-up for a volunteer day:

    Let us know you're coming so we can plan accordingly!
Her profound connection and understanding of the natural world is exciting, vibrant and contagious - leaving you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.
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~D. Ratcliife 
Vancouver