SGA is committed to inspiring, empowering and connecting individuals, communities and organisations to garden sustainably and our volunteers are vital part of that work.
Volunteers play a crucial role in helping SGA grow and many areas of our organisation could not exist without them. Volunteer’s roles include promoting the SGA message, admin support, data entry, research, community and relationship building, and more. We welcome all skills and backgrounds; you don’t need to be a horticultural person, just someone with an enthusiasm for what SGA does and some time to support that. Your creativity and commitment are all we need.
Volunteers are vital to our work! We would not exist without them.
Current Volunteer Vacancies
Email Communications Support
Join us as an Email Communications Support Volunteer and help ensure our newsletters and updates reach our community reliably.
Help manage the backend settings, work on maintaining a positive IP reputation, troubleshoot any issues with inbox placement or deliverability, and work with the Marketing Manager to implement best practices for email outreach, audience engagement, and other special projects as needed.
This role would suit a person with knowledge of email marketing software and/or list management. Work can be done remotely in your own time.
Digital Analytics Support
Join us as a Digital Analytics Support Volunteer and help us understand and improve our online impact.
Assist with managing Google Analytics, Help set up, track, and optimize Google Ads campaigns, Work with Google Tag Manager, Work with the Digital Marketing Manager to generate reports and insights, helping us understand what’s working and where we can improve.
This role can be done remotely in your own time.
Green Gardening Professionals Writer
Join us as a Green Gardening Professionals Writer and help us report on our garden industry program events.
We’re seeking a volunteer to write brief reports on our Green Gardening Professionals (GGP) peer evenings that can be published on our website and included in our GGP newsletters. We hold 4-6 events a year which are available to attend on Zoom and are also recorded.
This role would suit a keen writer with an interest in garden design, landscaping or nursery production. The role can be done remotely in your own time.
Article Writers
Are you a writer with a story to tell about sustainability in the garden? Or do you have a garden, nature strip (verge), community garden or other local landscape or group (ideally with photos!) that would make a good case study? We’re looking for writers to write articles for publishing on the SGA website. We’re also interested in hearing from researchers who want their work to reach a home garden audience.
This role would suit a writer with an interest in gardening, sustainability or science communication. This work can be done remotely in your own time. Read more about writing articles for SGA here.
Book Reviewer
Join us as SGA’s volunteer book reviewer!
We’re looking for a keen bookworm to write 4 to 6 book reviews each year for publication in our Green Gardening Professionals newsletter. The books reviewed can be on any topic of interest to professional gardeners, landscapers or garden designers. (Note that unfortunately in most cases we can’t provide books for you; we suggest borrowing recent titles from your local library.)
This work can be done remotely in your own time. Read more about writing book reviews for SGA here.
Other Volunteer Opportunities
Your creativity and commitment are what we need. Some examples of further ways you could assist us are:
- investigating commercial garden products
- promoting the SGA cause
- building our SGA databases
If you are interested in joining us, please complete the form below or email hr@sgaonline.org.au and tell us a little about yourself and how you could contribute to SGA’s work. We will then contact you if /when we have a volunteer opportunity that aligns with your skills and experience.
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