Come volunteer with us to connect with nature, meet new people, and make a positive impact on your community!

We are always looking for volunteers and others with an interest in helping support our mission. We offer a range of volunteer opportunities. (check out the descriptions below) Some volunteers join us for one-time events, while others make years-long commitments—we value them all!

Visit our Events page to see upcoming volunteer work parties, and join our volunteer email list to stay in the loop about volunteer opportunities with SHLT

Volunteer Waiver

Garden volunteer Dave Hobbs and SHLT AmeriCorps Anna Johnson harvest cabbage and peppers from the South Hero Gleaning Garden.

Learn About Some Of Our Volunteer Projects:

Gardening & Food Projects

We help care for two gardens in our community: the Folsom Learning Garden and Food Forest, and the South Hero Gleaning Garden.

  • Folsom Learning Garden and Food Forest: Folsom students help us plant and harvest the garden, but there’s lots of other work in between! Help us water, weed, and other jobs as needed throughout the season.

  • South Hero Gleaning Garden: This garden grows food for local food assistance programs like the Champlain Islands Food Shelf, helping us provide fresh produce for our community. Volunteers help us in all aspects of this garden, including planting, watering, and harvesting!

Stewardship & Trail Projects

Volunteers building and installing boardwalks along the trails at Tracy Woods

Volunteers building and installing boardwalks along the trails at Tracy Woods

  • Trails: We help maintain over 6 miles of public trails across South Hero. Join us at volunteer work parties to help us clear the trails, take care of downed branches, improve drainage, and other tasks to make our trails as accessible as possible.

  • Stewardship and Restoration: We work with local and regional partners to care for multiple sites across town. Help us remove invasive plants, restore native vegetation, monitor for Emerald Ash Borer, and more.

Other Projects

  • Youth Outdoor Education: Passionate about helping connect local children with the land? We run nature-based afterschool clubs and summer camps throughout the year and appreciate adults helping out.

  • Office Tasks: More interested in indoor activities? We have a few projects throughout the year, including envelope stuffing and addressing.

  • We also welcome volunteers with special skills. Do you have a background in photography and want to help with outreach materials? Or maybe you are an expert in vernal pools and want to lead a workshop. Let us know what skills you have and how you’d like to contribute to our mission!

Sign up for our volunteer list and we’ll keep you up to date on the latest opportunities to get involved! Email Nora at nora@shlt.org with questions.