Kasteel de Haar is looking for garden volunteers with green fingers

Every year, more than 300,000 visitors marvel at the green splendor around Castle de Haar. Our garden volunteers ensure that the style gardens and park forest look perfect and remain well maintained. In this way we ensure that this unique piece of green is preserved for generations to come.

Activities

• The garden volunteers work in groups and offer help with jobs that are necessary for maintenance. This includes weeding, pruning, cutting, raking, mowing and leaf blowing.
• The number of garden volunteers has a fixed task based on his expertise, agreed with the head park and gardens.

Practical issues

The garden volunteer provides assistance with maintenance work in the park and gardens. This is done in a group and under the supervision of an experienced employee. The park and gardens volunteers work weekly on Wednesdays from 10 am to 4 pm and have a winter break from mid-December to mid-February.

We ask a person who:   

• Can work independently, but not alone
• Be in good physical shape
• Has good communication skills and social intercourse
• Knowledge of and experience in green is a plus.

Why become a volunteer?

• Working in a beautiful environment
• Enthusiastic volunteer group
• Introduction and joint training
• Participation in excursion and lectures
• A big party at the castle every year
• Kilometer allowance

Time commitment

Because routine and experience are of great importance, we require a minimum commitment of half a day per week / two weeks.

Enthusiastic?

Send a message or register as an aspiring volunteer at Arjan Uithol, head of Public Affairs, via 030-6778516