We are currently unable to accept any new gardening volunteers.
Many thanks for your interest in volunteering at Dalston Curve Garden.
Our next season of introduction days for new volunteers will begin in Spring 2025. If you would like join them, please complete our short form below and we will be in touch with you next year to invite you along.
Details of how you may be able to get involved in gardening volunteering here next year can be found below. Please note, our Gardening volunteering sessions run on Saturday afternoons, and we require all of our volunteers to commit to a minimum of two Saturday volunteering sessions a month.
Gardening
Weekly gardening sessions for volunteers take place on Saturday afternoons, 2-5pm.
Our gardening volunteering sessions are an opportunity to look after Dalston Curve Garden, enjoy being outside, meet a group of other volunteers and learn all about plants and gardening. You don’t need to have previous gardening experience, but we do ask volunteers to commit to a minimum of two gardening sessions per month. This means you get to learn about gardening and enjoy all the benefits of volunteering at the Curve Garden and we build a strong, knowledgeable team. Unfortunately if you cannot commit to this requirement, we are unable to offer a volunteering place.
We have unprecedented demand for volunteering places so we give priority to Hackney residents or people who live on the boundaries of Hackney. For non-Hackney residents, we will offer a place once a space becomes free. In the meantime we recommend that you explore opportunities for volunteering in community gardens nearer to your home.
Community workshops and support
Volunteers are crucial to the success of the year-round programme of creative workshops and community events at Dalston Curve Garden, including regular art-based holiday activities for children, cookery workshops, our annual Pumpkin Lantern Festival and our Festival of Light.
If you would like to get involved with any of the above volunteering opportunities, please complete the form below and we will be in touch with you to let you know the next steps.
