Seed library volunteer
Contribute your garden knowledge into a community program
Seed Library volunteers support the library service by ensuring that members of the community can contribute to and access a shared seed service. The Seed Library volunteer works with Libraries to sort seed donations and to ensure that stock is suitable for the collection. The Seed Library is designed to give customers a sample of seeds to grow and donate back into the Seed Library.
Register your interest to volunteer.
Typical duties
- A fortnightly visit to the library to collect donated seed packets and seed packets for sorting.
- Seed packets are sorted, assessed and divided into individual portions.
- Correctly identify and destroy any invasive species.
- Volunteers should have a good understanding of seed varieties, quality of seeds, how many seeds equate to a packet portion for each variety.
- Seed packet labels filled in with variety, sun and water required, season to plant and harvest.
- Safely store seed packets until returning to the library.
- Recording pick up and drop off details of seed packets and volunteer hours.
Requirements
Each Seed Library volunteer needs to:
- Have their own reliable transport.
- Keen interest in local environment, gardening and understanding of invasive weed species.
- Be confident identifying, sorting and labelling seed (in line with council procedures).
- Be willing to provide council with your driver’s license number as part of the volunteer induction process.
- Be prepared to drive one library location on a fortnightly basis.
- Volunteers should have a good understanding of seed varieties, quality of seeds, how many seeds equate to a packet portion for each variety.
- A good knowledge and understanding of invasive species.
- Be willing to act as a backup Seed Library volunteer for one additional library branch if required for short periods of time.
- Agree to enter volunteer hours and activities into the MyVolunteer portal, as required by council.
Locations
| Beerwah | Maleny |
| Caloundra | Maroochydore |
| Coolum | Mobile 1 |
| Kawana | Mobile 2 |
| Kenilworth | Nambour |
More information
To find out more about the seed library service, contact Libraries or register your interest to volunteer.