Volunteer in the Garden

What to expect: Get ready to roll up your sleeves and volunteer in the garden! We will meet in the garden. Sign in will be at the round table when you enter the garden. There will be a wide range of garden activities needed, so each week will be slightly different.

Help us as we maintain our beds, start winter greens, harvest summer produce, and W**d around the garden. We will work in the greenhouse, raised bed garden, and more rain or shine!

Program leader: Your guide will be Ranger Sherrie Barnes, a DeKalb County Park Ranger at EMBARC Youth Farm.

Where to meet: Find Ranger Sherrie in the garden behind the brown office building (1185 Rock Chapel Rd.). Please sign in at the round table.

What to bring: Wear comfortable footwear, dress for the weather, and bring a refillable water bottle. If you have work gloves, please bring them as we will have limited materials available to borrow.

Restrooms: There is a portapotty in the parking lot available for use (professionally cleaned twice a week).

Recommended ages: All ages are welcome, but we ask that volunteers under 17 be accompanied by an adult. Children under 12 need to be closely monitored at all times for safety.

Dogs: This program is NOT appropriate for dogs, so please leave your pup at home.

Weather contingency: This program will be held rain or shine unless conditions are deemed unsafe by DeKalb County Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs (RPCA).

Exposure: This garden is in full sun, so please make sure to wear a hat and bring sun protection.

Accessibility: DeKalb County Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs is committed to providing inclusive and accessible programs. Reasonable accommodations may be available upon request. To request an accommodation, please contact Ranger Rachel (Park Naturalist at EMBARC Youth Farm) at least 48 hours in advance of the event at [email protected].

Program Photos: We love documenting our programs and may share photographs on DeKalb County Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs' websites, publications, and social media platforms. While participants are welcome to take their own photos, photographs taken by staff are generally intended for County documentation and promotional purposes and are not routinely distributed to participants.  

Waiver & Release: By registering for this activity, each participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that he/she is participating in this program at his/her own risk and holds DeKalb County and all its officers, agents, servants, and/or employees harmless from and against any and all claims, loss, damage, charge, or expense to which they or any of them may be put or subjected by reason of participant’s participation in this program. You further acknowledge that DeKalb County is not responsible for the acts of others participating in this program and the other participants may include, but not be limited to, interested individuals, members of civic groups, religious groups, or community group, and/or persons convicted of crimes and/or violations of County ordinances and ordered to provide community service. I give permission that all photographs, films, video recordings, and sound recordings of me and/or my child(ren) made by the DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs during this Naturalist program may be used non- commercially by the DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs to promotion and educational purposes. I understand and acknowledge that neither my child(ren) nor I will receive any compensation whatsoever for appearing in any photograph, film, video recording, or sound recording made by the DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs.