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Chiswick House and Gardens Trust
Chiswick House was built in 1729 and is one of Georgian Britain’s keynote architectural statements. Designed by its owner Richard Boyle (Lord Burlington) in collaboration with the multi-talented designer William Kent, the house was conceived as an aesthetic manifesto, gallery and place for entertaining. The collection includes superb examples of painting, furniture and sculpture.
Description

We need friendly and enthusiastic people to help maintain our gardens. You will be working with our gardening team to provide high quality maintenance to the formal and informal landscapes within the garden. Gardening knowledge is helpful for this role, but training will be given and we do welcome everyone with enthusiasm.

The Goosefoot and Kitchen Garden Volunteer role is all about mucking in and being hands on; engaging with gardening tasks from weeding and watering in our kitchen garden to rose pruning and coppicing in the gardens. Goosefoots and Kitchen Garden Volunteers at Chiswick House & Gardens form the team that provide support to our gardeners to help maintain the landscape that will engage and inspire our visitors. This role is all about delivering wonderful days out and giving visitors the opportunity to come away from 
their visit wanting to return again. 

You will need to:
• Be approachable and have a warm and friendly demeanour
• Ability to work in all weather conditions
• Enjoy weeding, pruning and watering
• Work individually and as part of a team
• Have internet access so that you can sign up to shifts and stay in contact with our team

If you are interested in volunteering at Chiswick House and Gardens or have any further queries regarding this role, please contact us by email at [email protected] quoting ‘Gardening Volunteer 2021’. There is no need to send us a CV or cover letter – as long as you are interested and meet these requirements, we are excited to hear from you.

Duties

You will be engaging with gardening tasks from weeding and watering in our kitchen garden to rose pruning and coppicing in the gardens. Goosefoots and Kitchen Garden Volunteers at Chiswick House & Gardens form the team that provide support to our gardeners to help maintain the landscape that will engage and inspire our visitors. This role is all about delivering wonderful days out and giving visitors the opportunity to come away from their visit wanting to return again.

Who will the volunteers be working with?
Each team of gardening volunteers works in a group and is supervised by one of our gardeners.
Training
Gardening training will be provided.

Time commitment

Around 3+ hours a week. Ideally you will be able to volunteer for around one morning per week (Monday-Saturday). Most of the shifts occur in the mornings with core hours between 9.00am and 1.00pm.

Categories

This organisation is one of our community partner organisations.

Like all volunteer recruiters we work with, they have signed up to our service standards, agreeing to abide by our policy on partnership working to keep you safe and supported whilst you volunteer.

You’ll never be out of pocket for volunteering through us – with in-London travel expenses to and from your volunteering guaranteed.

In addition, the team here at Students’ Union UCL Volunteering Service is here to support you throughout your volunteering journey – you can get in touch with us at any time.