Volunteer Opportunities & Internships

Volunteers and interns are essential to the success of Seattle Tilth! 

Build professional and personal skills, meet people and contribute to the community while volunteering at Seattle Tilth. Interested? Follow these steps.

1. Please complete a required VOLUNTEER/INTERN REGISTRATION FORM.
2. Next, attend a required VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION to get started with the opportunities listed. If you're dying to get involved before the next orientation, scroll down and see "drop-in work parties."
   
3. Read on for more information.

INTERNSHIPS

Take advantage of an in-depth learning experience being an intern with Seattle Tilth!  Find out more...

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour

Volunteers with some chicken-raising experience needed to visit potential sites around Seattle, and about 100 volunteers needed to help host at sites on July 13. Contact volunteer@seattletilth.org if you're interested.

Issaquah Summer Gardening Kick-off

Get Issaquah summer gardening started off right! Dozens of volunteers needed on Saturday, June 1 to help set-up or take-down the event, sell plants, count plants and check-out customers, or prep plants on Friday. Want to get involved? It's fun! Read more online at or sign up by emailing volunteer@seattletilth.org.

North Seattle

View the North-end volunteer opportunities in our community learning garden, children's garden, office or with Seattle Youth Garden Works.

Southeast Seattle

View the South-end volunteer opportunities at our Rainier Beach Learning Garden, Rainier Community Center, and Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands.

View the Eastside volunteer opportunities at our Pickering Barn community learning garden.

Redmond Spring Into Bed

• Volunteer with the Just Garden Project! Support garden builds for low-income communities on May 18 in Redmond. Contact food@justgarden.org.
  

Various Locations

• Street Promotions Team
  Help distribute postcards and posters for our activities and events! Pick an area of your choice. Contact lizaburke@seattletilth.org

Can't make the next volunteer orientation, but want to get started right away?  Attend a drop-in work party! Dress for the weather, bring your own gloves if you'd like (we have some you can borrow too), and bring snacks/lunch and a water bottle.

Fill out our online VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM before attending a drop-in work party. If you are under 18 or will be bringing an under 18 volunteer, please bring a completed Youth Hold Harmless form.

• Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands
  5513 S. Cloverdale St.  Seattle, WA
  Every Saturday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
  
• Community Kitchens NW Dinner Volunteers
  Rainier Community Center
  4600 38th Avenue S
  Seattle, WA
  June 21, 2–7 p.m. (last dinner before summer break, starting up again in September!)
  Volunteers needed to help with cooking, serving and clean up.
  Contact leikasuzumura@seattletilth.org
  
• Seattle Tilth Farm Works
  17601 SE Lake Moneysmith Rd.
  Auburn, WA  98092
  Last Saturday of the month, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. (June 29, July 27, August 31, September 28, October 26)
  
• Pickering Barn Learning Garden in Issaquah
  1730 10th Ave NW 
  Issaquah, WA 98027
  Tuesdays 10 a.m.-1p.m., Wednesdays 5-8p.m., (& some Saturdays) - check the Pickering Barn volunteer page
  

GROUP WORK PARTIES

We can schedule volunteer groups from your businesses, organization or  school!  Contact chrisiberle@seattletilth.org to get started.

Hurray to all our wonderful volunteers - past, present & future!