Become a Volunteer at North Freo Social Farm

Where Every Hand Makes a Difference

At North Freo Social Farm, everyone is welcome as a volunteer. No prerequisites, no memberships, and no prior gardening know-how are required. Just bring along your enthusiasm and be ready to dig in (quite literally).

We cherish the diversity that every volunteer brings - be it age, ability, or background. Our farm thrives on inclusivity and collaboration.

Depending on the day, you might find yourself reviving garden beds, nurturing the soil, planting seeds, tending to compost, mulching, ensuring our plants get their daily dose of water, or feeding our ever-hungry worms. After a few sessions, you’ll be an expert!

More than just farming.

Our farming sessions aren't just about tasks. We cherish our mid-morning breaks with a refreshing cuppa, delightful snacks, and heartfelt conversations. True to our name, we're very much a social farm!

To show our appreciation for your dedication and hard work, we encourage volunteers to pick some fresh veggies to take home. After all, the beauty of community farming is sharing the bounty!

What You Need To Know

  • If you’re interested in joining the volunteer team, come by the Farm on our regular volunteer day and meet our Manager. You’ll be introduced to other volunteers and asked to read our Volunteer Handbook (we can work through it together if you need). You’ll have a quick orientation and then can get on with some simple tasks with the other volunteers.

    If you enjoyed your time, sign up for our full, more comprehensive induction in the Humanitix event below, but you are welcome to come and volunteer in the meantime.

    If the timing works for you to skip straight to the induction, please go ahead and book in.

    Looking forward to meeting you soon!

  • We run inductions on a regular basis to cover site orientation and safety and these take roughly 30 mins. Please register for our next session via Humanitix in the link below.

  • We meet every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.

    Regular volunteer days are from 8.30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

    Over warmer months, 7.30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

    It doesn't matter if you don't arrive at start time. You don’t need to commit to a particular day or even to attend regularly. Some people come three times a week, some attend once every three months. We are grateful for any time you can give to the Farm.

  • We all work together on all of the tasks - the whole Farm is communal (no allotments). You’ll be allocated tasks each day including bed prep and planting, seeding up, weeding, turning compost, tending to the worms and so on. If you need instructions our Manager or other volunteers will guide you. We spend about 80% of our time on bed prep and planting and we have simple steps to follow. After a few sessions, you’ll be an expert. 

    We are very dedicated to morning tea and we all take a break, have a cuppa and a chat together.

    If you do not want to do a particular task please let our Manager know. You will NEVER have to do anything you do not want to do at the Farm.

  • Your own morning tea, water bottle, gardening gloves and hat.

  • Gardening clothes (covered shoes, hats, rain jackets, etc).

  • Tea/coffee, gardening tools, sunscreen etc.

Volunteer Induction

Please click on the Volunteer Induction event below and book yourself in!

If there are no inductions listed, one will be coming soon so please check in again soon.