Volunteers Needed!

Volunteers are needed for various positions at the U.S. National Arboretum. 
Training is provided.  A committment of 4 hours a week for a year is requested
with 100 hours a year as a goal. 

Benefits: 
healthful living, free parking, free training, plus other horticultural class opportunities, volunteer recognition events and the satisfaction of helping to maintain 446 acres of an internationally acclaimed national treasure and living museum. 

Current openings:

Gardeners for various collections
         Generally from March through December (Azalea collection volunteers work year round)
         Training provided, starting with classes in February, 2006
Jobs at the South Farm Germplasm Repository, Beltsville, MD
         Propagation, inventory, data base work, gardening
         Training provided, starting with classes in February, 2006
Herbarium (where plant specimens stored)
         Data base entry, specimen mounting
         Training provided; gardeners' training classes recommended in February, 2006
         Russian translation needed:  geographical and horticultural information to English

For further information please contact (on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday)
Rose Ann Davis, Volunteer Coordinator
U.S.. National Arboretum
3501 New York Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-245-4563
davisra@usna.ars.usda.gov