Opportunities

We're looking forward to welcoming your group to the Boston Nature Center! Please choose the date/time discussed with Heather from the list below and click "Respond as Group" to sign your group up. (If you haven't already made one, you will first hav...

Drop in on the first Saturday of the month, help care for the sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun and fulfillment.  Walk the trails, put up signs and markers, look for wildlife tracks, pick up branches, and fill the bird feeders. Abili...

Help care for the sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun, and fulfillment. Assist with a wide variety of property, maintenance, and ecological projects such as buildings and grounds work, trail clearing, gardening, and wildlife monitoring....

Help Pleasant Valley battle the invasive plant garlic mustard!  Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is an herb from Europe that was likely introduced for use in cooking. A biennial plant, it doesn’t bloom until its second year, at which point i...

Help care for the sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun and fulfillment. Come once or every week and become part of our growing group of sanctuary volunteers. Together with Mass Audubon staff, put up signs and markers, look for wildlife t...

Those involved in HIP (Habitat Intergenerational Program) come to know and believe that all ages working together can make a difference in helping our Earth to be a better place for future generations.  Pulling Partners is a weekly program that br...

It's almost garden season. Help lay out community garden plots in preparation for the garden opening in early May. Clean out the accessible raised beds and weed and prepare shared herb garden. Volunteers under 16 need to be accompanied by a parent or...

Help take care of the beds in the community garden, Nature by the Yard, Preschool, Butterfly Garden, and Gardens behind the Visitor Center.  

Butterfly Garden Volunteers tend to our wildlife gardens, which provide vital, year-round habitat to bees, butterflies, birds, and other important pollinators. Volunteers will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty, steward this ...

We’ll be working together to paint and refresh our nature play area, weed along trails and in garden areas, and remove invasive plant species to support native wildlife. This is a great opportunity to get outdoors, meet fellow community members, ...

Help care for the sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun, and fulfillment. Assist with a wide variety of property, maintenance, and ecological projects such as buildings and grounds work, trail clearing, gardening, and wildlife monitoring....

Help care for the sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun and fulfillment. Come once or every week and become part of our growing group of sanctuary volunteers. Together with Mass Audubon staff, put up signs and markers, look for wildlife t...

Those involved in HIP (Habitat Intergenerational Program) come to know and believe that all ages working together can make a difference in helping our Earth to be a better place for future generations.  Pulling Partners is a weekly program that br...

Help take care of the beds in the community garden, Nature by the Yard, Preschool, Butterfly Garden, and Gardens behind the Visitor Center.  

We're looking forward to welcoming your group to the Boston Nature Center! Please choose the date/time discussed with Heather from the list below and click "Respond as Group" to sign your group up. (If you haven't already made one, you will first hav...

Butterfly Garden Volunteers tend to our wildlife gardens, which provide vital, year-round habitat to bees, butterflies, birds, and other important pollinators. Volunteers will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty, steward this ...

Drop in on the third Saturday of the month and help care for the sanctuary. Work is outdoors and may include gardening, trail maintenance, tidying, and caring for bird feeders. Ability to work without supervision is required. Children under age 16 mu...

Help care for the sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun, and fulfillment. Assist with a wide variety of property, maintenance, and ecological projects such as buildings and grounds work, trail clearing, gardening, and wildlife monitoring....

Help care for the sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun and fulfillment. Come once or every week and become part of our growing group of sanctuary volunteers. Together with Mass Audubon staff, put up signs and markers, look for wildlife t...

Those involved in HIP (Habitat Intergenerational Program) come to know and believe that all ages working together can make a difference in helping our Earth to be a better place for future generations.  Pulling Partners is a weekly program that br...

Help take care of the beds in the community garden, Nature by the Yard, Preschool, Butterfly Garden, and Gardens behind the Visitor Center.  

Join us at Joppa Flats Education Center to help us maintain our native garden beds! This weekly drop-in opportunity will be focused on restoring our coastal garden beds to support pollinators and our backyard birds. The work will entail:WeedingMainta...

We're looking forward to welcoming your group to the Boston Nature Center! Please choose the date/time discussed with Heather from the list below and click "Respond as Group" to sign your group up. (If you haven't already made one, you will first hav...

Butterfly Garden Volunteers tend to our wildlife gardens, which provide vital, year-round habitat to bees, butterflies, birds, and other important pollinators. Volunteers will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty, steward this ...

By volunteering you will protect biodiversity and build ecological resilience at our Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary. Join us for regular, seasonal stewardship projects such as trail monitoring, invasive plant removal, cutting back overgrowth, and other...

Participate in ecological monitoring and BioBlitz events using iNaturalist to document the park’s plant and animal species. Volunteers will learn species ID techniques, how to record observations and upload photos, and how to contribute data to r...

Help care for the sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun, and fulfillment. Assist with a wide variety of property, maintenance, and ecological projects such as buildings and grounds work, trail clearing, gardening, and wildlife monitoring....

Help care for the sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun and fulfillment. Come once or every week and become part of our growing group of sanctuary volunteers. Together with Mass Audubon staff, put up signs and markers, look for wildlife t...

Those involved in HIP (Habitat Intergenerational Program) come to know and believe that all ages working together can make a difference in helping our Earth to be a better place for future generations.  Pulling Partners is a weekly program that br...

Help take care of the beds in the community garden, Nature by the Yard, Preschool, Butterfly Garden, and Gardens behind the Visitor Center.  

Join us at Joppa Flats Education Center to help us maintain our native garden beds! This weekly drop-in opportunity will be focused on restoring our coastal garden beds to support pollinators and our backyard birds. The work will entail:WeedingMainta...

We're looking forward to welcoming your group to the Boston Nature Center! Please choose the date/time discussed with Heather from the list below and click "Respond as Group" to sign your group up. (If you haven't already made one, you will first hav...

Butterfly Garden Volunteers tend to our wildlife gardens, which provide vital, year-round habitat to bees, butterflies, birds, and other important pollinators. Volunteers will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty, steward this ...

Become a Baywatcher at Allens Pond!   For more than 30 years, dedicated Baywatchers have played a vital role in protecting the health of Buzzards Bay and its harbors, coves, and rivers through a long-standing program led by the Buzzards Bay Coalitio...

Join us at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary on the last Saturday of every month to help us maintain our sanctuary! Possible projects include invasive species removal, trail clearing, light carpentry, painting, raking and mulching. You will be working...