Volunteers in Gardens and Arboreta

Had volunteers for n years / Number of volunteers / Age diversity of volunteers (%) / Friends or members / Volunteer Manager / Volunteer strategy or policy / Volunteer agreements / Interview potential volunteers / Travelling expenses
<21 years / 22–39 years / 40–60 years / >60 years / Friends or members gp / % Vols who are Friends / Qualified / Other staff / Volunteer / Do pay / Capped
Amsterdam Botanic Garden, De Hortus / >25 / 63 / 2 / 16 / 44 / 38 / √ / 35 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Bath Botanical Gardens / √
Bedgebury Pinetum / 10 / 25 / 15 / 15 / 30 / 40 / √ / 80 / √
Birmingham Botanical Gardens / 15 / 60 / 5 / 10 / 10 / 75 / √ / 0 / √ / √ / √
Botanic Gardens Conservation Internat. / 7 / 3 / 33 / 33 / 33 / √ / √ / √ / √
Cambridge University Botanic Garden / 30 / 50 / 40 / 60 / √ / >50 / √ / √ / √
Castle Howard Arboretum / 12 / 100 / 5 / 5 / 40 / 50 / √ / √ / √
Chiswick House & Gardens / 4 / 120 / 5 / 20 / 35 / 40 / √ / √ / √
Clinton Baker Pinetum, Univ .Herts / 18 / 35 / 5 / 10 / 30 / 55 / √ / 90 / √ / √
Durham University Botanic Garden / 15 / 15 / 15 / 5 / 80 / √ / 80
Eden Project / 7 / 593 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 20 / √ / 100 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
English Heritage, Eltham Palace / 12 / 15 / 7 / 33 / 7 / 53 / √ / √ / √
English Heritage, Witley Court / 3 / 9 / 30 / 20 / 20 / 30 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Explorers’ Garden, Pitlochry / 9 / >90 / 15 / 1 / 4 / 80 / √ / √ / √ / √
Garden Organic , Master Gardeners / 1 / 240 / 25 / 25 / 25 / 25 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Harris Garden, Univ. Reading / 20 / 15 / 15 / 15 / 70 / √ / 90 / √ / √ / √ / √
Marks Hall Gardens & Arboretum / 15 / >50 / 1 / 11 / 88 / √ / √
National Botanic Garden of Wales / 13 / 150 / 4 / 10 / 32 / 54 / √ / 36 / √ / √ / √ / √
National Memorial Arboretum / 14 / 150 / 5 / 5 / 40 / 50 / √ / 100 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
National Trust for Scotland, Drum Castle / 22 / 24 / 10 / 40 / 50 / √ / √ / √
National Trust, Castle Drogo / 15 / >15 / 6 / 12 / 19 / 63 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
National Trust, Cotehele / >15 / 25 / 10 / 30 / 60 / √ / √ / √ / √
National Trust, Nymans / 5 / 40 / 60 / 40 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Ness Botanic Gardens, Univ Liverpool / 30 / 209 / 2 / 5 / 53 / 40 / √ / 75 / √ / √
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park / >20 / 3 / 25 / 12 / 13 / 5o / √ / 0 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Plant Heritage / 30 / 100 / 1 / 9 / 90 / √ / 95 / √ / √ / √ / √
RHS Garden Harlow Carr / 30 / >100 / 20 / 30 / 50 / √ / 50 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
RHS Garden Hyde Hall / >10 / 210 / 5 / 20 / 75 / √ / 85 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
RHS Garden Wisley / >20 / 500 / 50 / 50 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh / 7 / 40 / 50 / 50 / √ / 10 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / 20 / 600 / <5 / 25 / 45 / 25 / √ / 40 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Royal Botanic Gardens, Wakehurst Place / >10 / 70 / 50 / 50 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Royal Parks / 30 / 150 / 10 / 10 / 80 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens / >12 / 158 / 5 / 55 / 40 / √ / 20 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
St Fagans National History Museum / 11 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 50 / √ / 10 / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Sunderland Winter Garden / 10 / 1 / 100 / √ / 0 / √ / √ / √
Treborth Botanic Garden, Bangor Univ. / 12 / 40 / 50 / 10 / 20 / 20 / √ / 99 / √ / √
University of Bristol Botanic Garden / 20 / 40 / 1 / 10 / 30 / 59 / √ / √ / √ / √
University of Dundee Botanic Garden / 27 / 40 / 1 / 1 / 98 / √ / 95 / √
University of Oxford Botanic Garden / 20 / 20 / 5 / 35 / 60 / √ / 100 / √
Ventnor Botanic Garden / 10 / 20 / 5 / 25 / 25 / 45 / √ / 50 / √ / √
Westonbirt – The National Arboretum / 26 / 241 / 3 / 17 / 80 / √ / 90 / √ / √` / √ / √
Winterbourne Garden, Univ .Birmingham / 12 / 16 / 20 / 80 / √ / 10 / √ / √ / √

Compiled from questionnaire sent to delegates at the PlantNetwork conference on Volunteers in Gardens and Arboreta
at University of Bath 12–14 July 2011

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Volunteers in Gardens and Arboreta(continued)

Would like more volunteers / Will rely on more vounteers / What do your volunteers do? / Training / Disadvantaged gps volunteer / Vounteers use machinery / Vols drive on-site vehicles
Shop, cafe, info. point / Promotion, shows / Education & family / Guided tours / Horticulture / Administration / Fundraising / For volunteers / For staff working w. vols
Amsterdam Botanic Garden, De Hortus / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Bath Botanical Gardens
Bedgebury Pinetum / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Birmingham Botanical Gardens / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Botanic Gardens Conservation International / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Cambridge University Botanic Garden / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Castle Howard Arboretum / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Chiswick House & Gardens / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Clinton Baker Pinetum, Univ .Herts / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Durham University Botanic Garden / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Eden Project / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
English Heritage, Eltham Palace / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
English Heritage, Witley Court / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Explorers’ Garden, Pitlochry / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Garden Organic , Master Gardeners / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Harris Garden, Univ. Reading / √ / √ / √
Marks Hall Gardens & Arboretum / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
National Botanic Garden of Wales / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
National Memorial Arboretum / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
National Trust for Scotland, Drum Castle / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
National Trust, Castle Drogo / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
National Trust, Cotehele / √ / √
National Trust, Nymans / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Ness Botanic Gardens, Univ Liverpool / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Plant Heritage / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
RHS Garden Harlow Carr / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
RHS Garden Hyde Hall / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
RHS Garden Wisley / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Royal Botanic Gardens, Wakehurst Place / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Royal Parks / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
St Fagans National History Museum / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Sunderland Winter Garden / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Treborth Botanic Garden, Bangor Univ. / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
University of Bristol Botanic Garden / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
University of Dundee Botanic Garden / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
University of Oxford Botanic Garden / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Ventnor Botanic Garden / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Westonbirt – The National Arboretum / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √
Winterbourne Garden, Univ .Birmingham / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √ / √

July 2011

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