Volunteering
Come and join us
A group of Members usually garden every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 9.30 - 12.30 to tend the garden and chat over a cup of coffee. New volunteers are always welcome so please do come and join us.
Volunteers are required to be National and Nottingham Group members.
You can contact us by sending an email to hps.nottingham.group@gmail.com
Here we are on the last Friday of the month get together
with most of the Friday Group in our Sitooterie at coffee time.
Photo - Clockwise round the table from L to R Erika, Sandra, Barbara, Jed, Louise, Janet, Iris, Derek and Erica
Volunteering at the Botanic Garden
We are very fortunate to have cared for the plants in a small walled garden behind the stable block since the early 1980’s. The plants are displayed in family groups - hence the name Botanic Garden.
All the volunteer gardeners are group members, necessary for insurance purposes. There’s a wide range of skills and knowledge from beginners to seasoned gardeners. The common factor is a shared love of plants and the pleasure of pottering about in a beautiful garden with like-minded folk!
It's very relaxed and friendly and new volunteers are always welcomed.
We sell plants grown in the garden or in members' gardens at very reasonable prices. We have nearly 700 different plants in the garden so there is always plenty of choice.
Takings are ploughed back into the continuous development and maintenance of the garden and fulfilling one of the key aims of the Hardy Plant Society, to promote pleasure and knowledge about perennial hardy plants.
Originally everyone came together to garden on Friday mornings. This changed during lockdown once we were allowed to garden again but in smaller groups and this pattern has continued.
Groups are usually there on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 9.30 to 12.00. Volunteers are given a parking pass for when “on duty”. On the last Friday of the month we try to come together to share thoughts, drink coffee and have a biscuit or two and sometimes cake!
The gates are kept open so that visitors to the park can wander in to have a look round and maybe buy a plant or two. During the summer months the garden is open to the public from 2-4pm on Sunday afternoons when two members are on hand to give advice.
If you think you might be interested in becoming a member and perhaps helping in the garden pop in during one of these open sessions and talk to our members.
Please check Google Maps or here to check opening dates