Volunteering at the Conservatory
A variety of opportunities await you!

Volunteers are the heart of Franklin Park Conservatory, contributing their time, talents, enthusiasm, and energy toward making it a success. Volunteering is a great way to meet and make friends. As a Conservatory volunteer, you can choose times that are convenient for you. Whether you want to volunteer weekly or monthly, year-round or seasonally, our staff will find the best way to utilize your talents. Everything from indoor horticulture and the outdoor botanical gardens, to special events and special exhibits welcome your helping hands.

Benefits To Volunteering:

• 20% Conservatory Gift Shop discount

• Monthly newsletter

• Free one-year membership after completing 100 service hours

• Sharing your knowledge and love of Franklin Park Conservatory with visitors

• The opportunity to work amidst the beauty, culture, and rejuvenating environment of Franklin Park Conservatory

 

Volunteer oppportunities in

• Customer Service

• Exhibitions

• Horticulture

Call Julia thhe volunteer coordinatorat 614.645.5922 to schedule a prospective volenteer interview.

Beginning in September, we will offer a six-week Interpreter Training Class that will prepare volunteers to lead groups of visitors through the Fiori exhibition. We’ve also added a volunteer greeter position that works within our Visitor Services department. Greeters will welcome visitors, answer our visitor information phone line, and sell memberships at our front door and tour entrance kiosks.

Conservatory Interpreter Training - 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, September 18 & 25, October 2, 9, 16
& Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Looking for a way to share your enthusiasm for the Conservatory while using your people skills? Join the Conservatory’s team of volunteer Interpreters! Learn all about the Conservatory’s plant collections and special exhibitions, and practice informal-learning techniques that will help you share your knowledge with guests and enhance their visitor experience.

The six-week intensive course will cover:
· FPC’s mission, history, vision and values
· Basic Botany & the Plant Collections
· Blooms & Butterflies & the fall exhibition: The Enchanted Express
· Annual & permanent exhibitions
· Customer Service & the Informal Learning Environment

Graduates of the course shadow two tours with veteran interpreters before taking off on their own. Monthly Interpreter meetings take place every third Wednesday from 5:30-7 p.m., each with a different educational focus for continued learning throughout the year.

All prospective interpreters must schedule and complete an interview with the volenteer coordinator prior to taking the course.