Celebrating our fabulous volunteers …

For almost 100 years volunteers have been the life blood of the National Garden Scheme. Today over 600 volunteers and 3,300 garden owners give their time and their gardens to the charity helping us raise millions for nursing and health charities each year, and at the end of the 2025 garden season they helped generate a record-breaking £3.9 million in donations.

“They are the driving force behind the charity’s impact,” says Chief Executive, Dr Richard Claxton. “It is their enthusiasm and generosity of spirit that makes garden visiting such a pleasure. Without them there would be no warm welcome at the gate, no delicious tea and cake and no beautiful gardens to share.”

The National Garden Scheme is always looking for more volunteers.

How could you help?

Do you enjoy talking to people and visiting gardens?

You could become part of our county team, identifying new gardens and supporting our garden owners.

Do you have experience in press and publicity?

You could volunteer in a media role dealing with local press, contribute to our local social media channels or give talks to local groups.

Do you enjoy finance?

You could help the National Garden Scheme in a treasury role.

Or perhaps you are a keen photographer?

We are always looking for great quality photos of our garden open days to help us feature the gardens and promote the work we do.

What’s in it for you?

Inspiring, rewarding, sociable, a joy and a privilege are just some of the ways our volunteers describe their experience as part of our team. We want you to have the same experience, and to get the most out of your role we offer help and relevant training to our new volunteers. There’s also the opportunity to volunteer at many of the RHS and National flower shows including RHS Chelsea.

If you are over 16 years old and have an enthusiasm for the National Garden Scheme, we would love to hear from you.

You can find the current list of vacancies here Volunteering Opportunities – National Garden Scheme