GrowNYC has many opportunities for volunteers to dig in and improve New York City’s environment block by block and community by community. 

Greenmarket volunteers help with at-market promotions like cooking demonstrations and community outreach. Attending an orientation is mandatory before volunteering.

Office of Recycling Outreach and Education volunteers help educate New Yorkers on the importance, requirements, and best practices of recycling.

Open Space Greening volunteers assist by planting, mulching, spreading dirt, and cleaning up community gardens and other neighborhood greening projects.

Fill out our volunteer form and send it to volunteer@grownyc.org. Include the names of the programs for which you'd like to volunteer in the subject line. Please note: all GrowNYC volunteers must be 18 years of age or older.

Corporate Volunteering

GrowNYC works with corporate groups of any size on outdoor volunteer projects across New York City. Volunteers from your company can plant and clean up community and school gardens, organize and run cultural events, plant trees, or provide recycling outreach and assistance at major events and street fairs. Our volunteer opportunities are designed as team building activities that are fun, lively, and get your hands a little dirty.  

GrowNYC also forms partnerships with organizations that want to come back to a site several times a year, giving the volunteers a sense of investment and involvement in the community, and allowing us to take on major renovation projects.  

Contact us to inquire about a corporate volunteer day.