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The volunteering opportunities featured are related to Gardening.

If you are into Gardening, or if you would love to learn how to grow your own organic vegetables & fruits, you could become a volunteer gardener and join a farm or a community in need, everywhere around the world.  Check the announcements below and see if you can find anything interesting!

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How to use this page.

Click on the announcement you like. Check the date of the publication (some opportunities in Africa might be already expired). If the announcement is still valid, look for the ‘contact details‘ section. There you can find free ways to get in touch with the hosts (website, e-mail, phone numbers, application form). Send the host/organization a message and wait for a reply.


Volunteering opportunities related to Gardening:

Volunteers painting a mural of a toucan, harvesting bananas, and picking pineapples in a lush tropical garden in Ecuador at Finca Del Soul

Help plant fruit trees and reforest the Amazon in Ecuador 🌱

Collage of images from Monkton Wyld Court in Dorset, England, showing the historic Grade II listed rectory, volunteers gardening and working outdoors, a long outdoor dining table, a lush greenhouse, and scenic green landscapes, representing the eco-community's sustainable lifestyle and volunteer activities.

Volunteer at Monkton Wyld Court – live, learn, and grow in a UK eco-community

Promotional image for a volunteer opportunity on a tropical island in the Philippines, featuring palm trees, ocean views, and a description of the “Live the Island Life” sanctuary project offering roles in carpentry, gardening, and cooking.

Escape to a hidden island paradise in the Philippines – volunteer, unwind, and live the simple life

A collage showing scenes from El Cerrito off-grid learning center in Costa Rica: candlelit porch with jungle view, a bed with mosquito net in a rustic cabin, a hummingbird in the trees, volunteers building with bamboo, a toucan perched on a branch, the El Cerrito logo in a garden, a shared outdoor meal setup, a squirrel monkey in the forest, a tropical trail through the jungle, and a garden with flowers and bamboo railing.

Volunteer in Costa Rica at an off-grid eco-center on the Osa Peninsula

Collage of volunteer project in İznik, Turkey: hosts smiling, lush green forest, barnhouse under construction, interior woodwork with ladder, homegrown pumpkins, and mountain farmhouse exterior.

Woodworking & Gardening in İznik, Turkey

Portugal, volunteer, hospitality exchange, room and board, food and accommodation, community, summer

Volunteer in portugal: experience life in an intentional community

NISSII Christian Academy, room and board, children, sponsor, volunteer, opportunity, Kenya, community

Volunteer at NISSII Christian Academy (Integrated Community Project) – Mbita, Kenya

intentional community, eco-village, food and accommodation, Piedmont, Italy, volunteering, volunteers, team, friends, gardening, farm, hospitality exchange

Hospitality exchange in Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹 🇪🇺

Ritmo Da Terra, Portugal, volunteer project, room and board, food and accommodation

Eco volunteer couple opportunity in Aljezur, Portugal – summer 2025 at Ritmo da Terra

Canada, off grid, farm, gardening, food and accommodation, work exchange, Utopia Feels

Utopia Feels: volunteer in nature near Kelowna, Canada

New Zealand, Anahata Yoga retreat, work exchange, room and board

Karma Yoga Caretaker Exchange program in New Zealand

Pyrenees, France, volunteer exchange, food and accommodation, room and board,

Volunteer at a homestay in the South of France | 6-month opportunity 🇫🇷

ecovillage, Poland, volunteering

Volunteer at Ecovillage Bhrugu Aranya, Poland 🌿

France, camp, camping, workamp, host, Au 7 en Chemin

Volunteer opportunity in France: Join the “Au 7 en Chemin” Community Project

Greece, olives, Peloponnese, Ioanna, eco-living,

Volunteer at an Eco-Living Space in the Peloponnese, Greece

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