Dear Volunteers,
Happy Winter Solstice! Thank you for all that you do to make the Gardens shine brighter each day. The time that you spend stewarding the Gardens and connecting with our visitors is instrumental to helping us enact our mission to connect people to plants, the planet, and each other. I hope you will find some exciting opportunities to join us as we welcome the new year and prepare for Magnificent Magnolias. Read on to learn more!
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San Francisco Botanical Garden Green Teams
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Weekly Green Teams at the Botanical Garden will restart on January 3. Help care for our living collection of plants at the Botanical Garden on a weekly or drop-in basis this winter! We have openings with horticulturists on both Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Whether you're a returning team member or a new volunteer, we're happy to welcome you.
Register here >>
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Interpretation Station Training |
Magnificent Magnolias Interpretation Station Training
Tuesday, January 21, 10am-12pm
Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
As we prepare for Magnficent Magnolias, we are excited to extend this training opportunity to volunteers eager to learn how to lead an interpretation station in the Botanical Garden! This opportunity is ideal for volunteers interested in making a regular commitment to facilitate our outdoor interpretive station focused on Magnolias between mid-January through March. Having experience volunteering in different parts of the Gardens can help build the foundation for success so we recommend that volunteers have completed at least four assignments in some area of the Gardens such as Green Teams, Plant Shop, Library, or Bookstore prior to the training.
Register here >>
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Interpretive Gardens Walks: Coastal Redwoods
Thursday, January 9, 10-11:30am
San Francisco Botanical Garden, Main Gate
All Gardens volunteers are invited to this series of walks - by volunteers, for volunteers. Use this opportunity to learn from each other about the Garden, to practice leading walks after one year hiatus of public tours, and of course, to connect with fellow volunteers in person!
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Pre-Season Magnificent Magnolias Walk
Saturday, January 18 & Tuesday, January 28
San Francisco Botanical Garden, Main Gate
This opportunity is ideal for volunteers who may run into Magnificent Magnolias visitor wayfinding questions between mid-January through March. Join Director of Collections & Conservation Ryan Guillou and staff for this pre-season walk to visit our featured trees.
Register here >>
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Magnificent Magnolias Talk
Wednesday, January 22, 11am-12pm
Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
Join Director of Collections & Conservation, Ryan Guillou, to learn the story of Magnolias and why they are such a special part of our collection. This event will be recorded if you are unable to attend.
Register here >>
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Program Assistant Ethan Rappeport and SFSU Fellows Cavyn, Maria, Ramon, and Peggy all joined Recreation and Park's annual Season of Sparkle event this month. The team set up a Family Fun table, making paper butterflies and doing leaf rubbings.
In addition, the Gardens celebrated the holidays with two sold out Wreath Making programs last weekend and despite the tornado warning and heavy rain and winds on Saturday morning, more than 800 people visited the Gifts at the Garden holiday market in the County Fair Building. With sunnier skies on Sunday, we welcomed 1,200 shoppers. Thank you so much to everyone who made this event a success!
The Storybook Stroll launched its third book this month, Patterns, Patterns Everywhere by Kellie Menendez. Visit the Children’s Garden soon to walk the Storybook Stroll and read the new book!
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I look forward to seeing in the Gardens in the new year!
Best wishes,
Crystal
Crystal Lee Stone | Volunteer Program Manager
Gardens of Golden Gate Park
(415) 661-1316 Ext. 400
clstone@gggp.org
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