Welcome, current Chadwick Arboretum Volunteers!
This page is your resource for monthly activities, sign-ups, and instructions. Check back regularly to see new opportunities.
Log Hours On Hands on Connect : osu.handsonconnect.org/
Important updates:
- Regular garden volunteer sessions start on April 7 and will go through October.
- Lane Avenue Gardens: April 7, 9:00a.m. - 11:00a.m.
- Arboretum North: April 8, 9:00a.m. - 11:00a.m.
- Learning Gardens: April 9, 9:00a.m. - 11:00a.m.
- Make sure to log your 2025 hours and recertify as a volunteer on Hands on Connect for 2026!
- Instructions:
- 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:
- 3/6/2026 11AM - 1PM: Invasive removal at Arboretum North. Meet at gravel drveway to Arb North.
- Email Anna Williamson (williamson.596@osu.edu) to help.
Interested in volunteering with the Cultivar Trials this year? Sign up for the email list here. You will receive more frequent communication about volunteer opportunities and events.
Upcoming Tours and Outreach Events
- 4/29/2026 2:30PM - 7:30PM: We Grow Scientists
- Host a Chadwick table at family friendly We Grow Scientists event hosted by COSI at Waterman Farms. Interact with families, help with activity, and promote Chadwick.
- Sign up for a shift here.
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
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