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Volunteer Profile: Betty Andres
Betty Andres became a VanDusen volunteer in 2005, after repeated visits with a keen photographer friend. “I thought: ‘What a wonderful place!’ Also, the timing was right — I was …
Volunteer Profile: 45 Years of VanDusen Guides
2019 marks Garden Guides’ 45th anniversary — a distinction VanDusen Garden itself will not achieve until next year. “It was Roy Forster’s idea to have Guides,” notes Guide (and team …
Volunteer Profile: Vivien and Patrick
“We’re such good buddies,” says Vivien Clarke, and there you have it — the reason why she and husband Patrick are both VanDusen volunteers and belong to the same (Wednesday …
Volunteer Group Profile: Bloedel Docents
By Penny Williams, Communications Volunteer The Bloedel Docent Program, founded in 2014, is relatively new but has had a significant impact at the Bloedel Conservatory. Currently, 40 members of this …
Volunteer Group Profile: Visitor Services and Member Services
A successful visit starts before the visitor enters the Garden. It starts with the welcome, the information, and the enthusiasm that equips the visitor to stride through that door and …
Volunteer Group Profile: School Program Leaders
School Program Leaders are the volunteers who lead elementary school children on 90-minute guided programs around the Garden — and, as of January 2019, around Bloedel Conservatory as well. The …
Volunteer Profile: Jeremy Gordon
Check current Volunteer Opportunities, and you will see we are looking for a Bird Walk Co-Leader. This is the result, one could argue, of a far-off event, more than 25 …
Volunteer Profile: Langara College Students
Our Soil Sales are great fund-raisers — but before anybody can buy the soil, somebody has to pick up a shovel and fill the bags. Since 2017, some Langara College …
Volunteer Profile: Cathy Chiba
“What I like so much about the Garden,” says Cathy Chiba, a School Programs volunteer since 2014, “is that, even though it is a designed environment, it is still a …
