The Escalante Community Garden: Volunteering at the Escalante Community Garden

Volunteering at the Escalante Community Garden (ECG) is a great way to build community, learn about organic gardening in the desert, strengthen your body, and HAVE FUN! There are two ways to volunteer with the ECG:

1.) Send an email with "Volunteer" in the subject line to alyssabg@tempeaction.org. This will add you to the ECG listserv, and you will receive updates about our upcoming volunteer events.

2.) Become a volunteer member! To become a volunteer member, you simply agree to volunteer two hours a week at the ECG. In return, you are eligible to receive a free share of all of the fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers that are harvested on any particular week. For more information about becoming a volunteer member at the Escalante Community Garden, contact Alyssa Brooke-Gay at 480-350-5830 or alyssabg@tempeaction.org.

Starting May 28th, the ECG will begin hosting 2^nd & 4^th Saturday Work-Day/Barbeques. All of the volunteers present at these events will work in the garden for a few hours (approx. 9:00-11:00am), and then celebrate with a community potluck afterwards. Please bring a dish to pass for the potluck if you are able to.

There is no age limit to volunteer at the ECG, so bring your whole family along! Please wear weather-appropriate apparel for working in the garden (proper footwear, layered clothing, a hat, gloves). We’ll provide plenty of drinking water, snacks and all of the necessary tools and equipment.

"The garden touches a core of humanness. Because of all the war and terrorist activities and means of mass destruction, people think human nature at its core is warring. But there is a lot of evidence that human beings are really wonderfully put-together cosmic creatures. When I see all this volunteerism, it gives me confidence that a peaceful society is possible."

-Karl Linn