Current Volunteers

Welcome, current Chadwick Arboretum Volunteers!

This page is your resource for monthly activities, sign-ups, and instructions. Check back regularly to see new opportunities.

Thank you for a wonderful 2025 season! Winter is a time for rest and planning. While we let the gardens rest, we look forward to having you back in the gardens in April, 2026!

Log Hours On Hands on Connect :  osu.handsonconnect.org/ 

Important updates:

• Make sure to log your 2025 hours and recertify as a volunteer on Hands on Connect for 2026!
  • Click here to access HoC
    • Instructions:
      • Recertifying
      • Logging hours
• New parking protocols have begun. Please contact williamson.596@osu.edu if you did not receive the new instructions to park while you volunteer. 

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities:  

• 12/15: Help score chestnuts in preparation for Winter Solstice Celebration
  • Email Anna Williamson (williamson.596@osu.edu) for details
• 12/18: Volunteer for the Winter Solstice Celebration
• 1/30 (deadline):REGISTER for 2026 Day of Education on Feb 7!

Upcoming Tours and Outreach Events 

Tour requests have begun to come in for the spring season for all sorts of groups and garden areas around Chadwick. You can read about each tour group, sign up to lead a tour, or discover tours to shadow our always-updating signup here:  go.osu.edu/chadwickoutreach. 

Past Volunteer Newsletters

 2025 Newsletters

• October
• September
• August 
• July 
• May/June 
• March 

 2024 Newsletters

• November 
• October
• August/September 
• July 2024 
• June 2024 
• May 2024 
•  April 2024 

2023 Newsletters

• November 2023 
• October 2023 
• September 2023 
• August 2023 
• July 2023 
• June 2023 
• May 2023 
• April 2023 
• March 2023 

2022 Newsletters

• March 2022
• April 2022
• May 2022
• June 2022
• July 2022
• August 2022
• September 2022
• October 2022
• November 2022