Midtown Community Services - Community Garden Assistant

Description: 

Assist our Community Garden coordinator with general gardening tasks and facilitating gardening workshops with our other programs.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Help with the general upkeep of the community garden.
• Help plant, tend to, and harvest fruit and vegetables.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with community volunteers and client families.
• Help coordinate our bi-weekly Garden Club activities, recruit community volunteers.
• Help facilitate educational workshops involving our youth group and our group for new and expecting mothers
• Special projects or assignments as requested

Qualifications: 

• Must have accepted a Federal Work-Study award for the current academic year. 
• No gardening experience required.

Preferred Skills: 

The ideal candidate is passionate about nature and access to healthy food, and knowledgeable about gardening.