Bluffton Volunteer Opportunities

Area Coordinator: Valerie Emerson   valerie.t.emerson@gmail.com

 


Waddell Mariculture Center
Workdays announced as needed
Sawmill Road, Bluffton

Contact:  Scott Brown
scottb1807@yahoo.com

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MC Riley Elementary School  and Boys and Girls Club of Bluffton

Please reach out to Jim Lorenz for work days/times.

Teaching activities with elementary students occur weekly at school gardens planted and maintained by the children under the guidance of Master Gardeners.

Contact: Jim Lorenz
Email: jblorenz52@gmail.com

Pritchardville Elementary School

Teaching activities with elementary students occur weekly at school gardens planted and maintained by the children under the guidance of Master Gardeners.

Contact: Karen Guth
Email: uscrn1990@gmail.com

Bluffton Farmers’ Market
Every Thursday 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Shifts are 11:50 – 2:30 and 2:30 -5:10

Provide gardening tips, best planting practices, soil corrections, and answer gardening questions at our booth.  The Master Gardener Booth is just inside the entrance to the Martin Family Park. The entrance is off Lawrence Street between Calhoun and Boundary Streets.

Contact: Bill Camp
Email: wgcamp@vt.edu

Garvin/Garvey House Native Plant Pollinator Garden

Maintain pollinator garden near the Old Oyster Factory in Bluffton.  General gardening duties: planting, mulching, weeding, etc.  Volunteers meet approximately once per month and will be notified of workdays via email.

Coordinator: Fran Grozier
Email: frangrozier65@gmail.com

Gardening in the Lowcountry Speaker Presentations – Bluffton Public Library

The purpose of these presentation is to disseminate horticultural research-based information via structural presentations/workshops at the Bluffton Public Library.  Please watch for emails and check the website calendar for dates and topics.

Coordinator: Tom McCann
Email: tmccann413@gmail.com

Red Cedar Elementary School – Garden Club

The roll of master gardener volunteers will be to provide project leadership and assistance for the teachers and 20-25 students to develop and maintain a vegetable/flower garden throughout the school year.

Coordinator: Tom McCann
Email: tmccann413@gmail.com