Greenhouse Volunteer Days
Grand Canyon National Park has more plant species than any other national park in the United States and is committed to maintaining a native habitat for our vegetation, wildlife, endangered species, and water resources.
- Dates:
Fridays and Saturdays
- Difficulty: Easy
- Trip Length: 6 Hours
- Cost: Free
- Group size: 4
Join us for a fun day of volunteering!
Through the supporter-funded construction of a high-capacity, energy-efficient greenhouse, the park’s vegetation crews can now grow double the number of plants to support ecology restoration projects at the rim and along the river. Supporters and volunteers continue to assist with greenhouse operations by gathering seeds and cuttings and helping to maintain native habitat throughout the park. Volunteer tasks include watering the plant nursery/restoration sites, transplanting/repotting plants, and weeding.
Where: The Greenhouse is located on the South Rim of Grand Canyon. The Greenhouse is not open to the public but GCC supporters have special opportunities for tours and to volunteer.
When: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Friday's and Saturday's
What to bring: Work clothes (long pants), sun shirt, sunscreen, hat, water, lunch and snacks, gardening gloves (if you have them that's great, but we also have extra at the nursery)
Lodging: We can provide a campsite at Mather Campground if volunteers are coming for multiple days, but at least 2 weeks' notice is required for us to reserve the campsite.
A bit more about flora at Grand Canyon:
- There are dozens of endemic (known only within the park's boundaries) plants in Grand Canyon
- 63 plants found at the canyon have been given special status as rare, threatened, or endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Grand Canyon has 1,737 known species of vascular plants, 167 species of fungi, 64 species of moss, and 195 species of lichen
