Kitchen Garden

This is a popular option for vegetable and herb gardening from March to October each year.  It is too hot at other times. 

Hours can vary – warmer months are 7:30am to 9:30am; cooler months are 9am to 11am.

Days are the first Wednesday of the month.

Duties include planting, weeding, potting up, cultivating, composting etc.  Each month may be a different project initiated by BCC staff so it can vary.

Need to be able to work independently and in a team environment.

Growing Friends

This group is currently waiting on a greenhouse to be built before this volunteer opportunity restarts. 

Propagating will be from cuttings and seeds; watering, potting up, fertilising, selling plants at the Visitors Centre, etc.

Please express interest in joining the group via an email to secretary@fbbgsa.org.au and indicate your skills or experience and contact details.  We will be in touch when more information comes to hand.

Social Media

We are currently with Facebook and may also become involved with other platforms.  

All members can take photos with short messages which can be sent to socials@fbbgsa.org.au for consideration.

If you have an interest and experience uploading social media posts please advise us via secretary@fbbgsa.org.au and include your contact details.  We will be in touch as assistance is required.

Brisbane Treasures – History

If you like to research, collate, write up and/ or publish history in this case of the Botanic Gardens online we would be interested in your volunteering.  You will be working with WordPress web-based programs. 

The FBBGSA Brisbane Treasure site requires updating and this includes history for all three sites – City, Mt Coot-tha and Sherwood Arboretum.  

Please send your experience and skills to secretary@fbbgsa.org.au and included contact details so we can be in touch with you for several pending projects.

What’s Flowering

FBBGSA website covers the currently plants flowering in the Botanic Gardens as a reference for this website page.  

More photos will be added to the site and we would like to update and enhance the information on the plants including cultivation notes, seeding times, propagation processes etc. 

If you wish to complete the photography of these plants you will need to have the correct plant identification, flowering, seeding and other details needed to complete the task. 

Interested in this area please send your experience and skills to secretary@fbbgsa.org.au with your contact details.  We will be in contact with you as assistance is required.

Lilygram Newsletter

Our newsletter, Lilygram, is produced on a regular basis (monthly or bimonthly).  

It includes articles produced by others, uploaded to the template and sent out to members.

Graphics, pictures etc may need to be sourced, layout determined and working to sometimes tight timeframes are part of the experience.  

You will also be working with the Webmaster for items to be uploaded to the website and links to be created in the newsletter to these items.

Any interest and/ or experience in assisting with the important information sharing please contact secretary@fbbgsa.org.au with your contact details.  We will be in touch as opportunities arise.

Grant Applications

We will require grants from time to time to fund some major projects.  

Grant applications require communication with Grant Officers from different organisations to ensure the applications address the needs of our projects against the requirements of the successful grant applications.

Grants also require attention to detail with the correct and relevant information supplied in the application.

If you have any interest or skills and experience in this area please email secretary@fbbgsa.org.au with your contact details and we will be in touch as needed. 

Botanical Art

This area requires organisers and skilled trainers to develop a range of art options (e.g. drawing, painting, weaving, floral work, dyeing etc) for regular classes in Botanical art.

The format can be face-to-face or online and a costing procedure will also need to be implemented.

Anyone interested in assisting with this project please forward your skills and experience to secretary@fbbgsa.org.auwith your contact details and we will be in touch.