Crosby Arboretum Volunteer Opportunities

Location: 370 Ridge Rd., Picayune, MS 39466

Coordinating Agency: Crosby Arboretum

Contact Name: Pat Drackett

Contact Email: pat.drackett@msstate.edu

Contact Phone: (601) 799-2311

Duties: 

 

Outdoor:

*Walking the trails to clean sign posts

*Sweeping decks and cleaning chairs

*Power-washing gates, decks, bridges and pavilion floor

*Using leaf blower to clean trails of leaves and pine needle debris

*Weeding and maintenance of the Pollinator Garden

*Assisting with plant propagation

*Cleaning the greenhouse

*Assisting with plant sales

*Tour guides / docents

*Assisting with our larger events

*Painting gates and kiosks, and wooden structures

*Ticket Booth: greeting guests, handing out maps, programs, etc.

 

Indoor:

*Scrapbooking the Arboretum’s newspaper clippings, magazine articles, etc.

*Filling fish food bags for public

*Making copies of handouts

*Answering phones on event days

*Manning the membership table on event days

*Folding mail outs

 

Dates and times needed: Varied.