Host Volunteer Application

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Boyce Thompson Arboretum! Please fill out this application and our Volunteer Coordinator will be in contact with you. If you are applying as a couple, please apply on separate forms.


For any questions please email the Volunteer Coordinator at brenna.murphyreynolds@btarboretum.org

Please select which department you would prefer to volunteer with. Education Host Volunteers primarily lead school field trips and youth/family programming. Visitor's Center Host Volunteers provide customer services in the Gift Shop and Admissions Booth.

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Why do you want to be a Host Volunteer at Boyce Thompson Arboertum?

Education Hosts are outside for 90% of their duties. You may be consistently exposed to inclement weather (heat, cold, rain, wind). Are you willing to work outdoors?

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Visitor's Center Hosts spend 90% of their time indoors. They may also be exposed to some weather conditions (heat, cold, rain, wind) in the outside retail area. Are you willing to work indoors?

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Due to the wide variety of tasks that Host Volunteers will perform, you may be required to stand/walk for up to 4 hours, bend, stoop, sit for long periods of time, and lift up to 25lbs. Are you able to fulfill the physical duties of the role up to 5 days/week?

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Our Host Volunteers are needed October through the end of April. Hosts must be on-site and available to attend orientation by October 1st. Are you able to arrive by October 1st, 2025?

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Please read the following and type your full name below to acknowledge:


This position is UNPAID. Host Volunteers will receive a free RV site at Boyce Thompson Arboretum with FHU, access to the arboretum grounds after-hours, and laundry and showers on-site (available for use 24/7, at no cost). WiFi and cable are NOT provided. Boyce Thompson Arboretum is dog friendly.

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