Plant Sale – Sale Day Volunteer Opportunities

Many volunteer opportunities are available. Use the SignUpGenius link to sign up to volunteer.

• Parking, Safety, and Customer Assistance (7 am-3 pm). Monitor traffic, parking, help customers load vehicles and collect carts. Jeff Hardgrave is team lead.
• Line Monitors (wranglers). (8-11 am & 11 am-2 pm). Will be provided distinctive vests/smocks. Positioned between Ticket Writers and Cashiers. Verify customers have completed tickets, have not left plants in Holding area, ask if want to purchase Garden Tour tickets. MUST have attended training on Friday. Lee Ann Yates is team lead.
• Ticket Writers (8 -11 am) Will be provided distinctive vests/smocks. Tally plant purchases on pre-printed, color-coded tickets and route customer to cashiers. No complex math. 2 person teams. MUST have attended training on Friday. Lee Ann Yates is Team Lead.
• Holding Area for Customers (8 am-2 pm). Hold plants for customers, help them load their purchases into carts. Must have attended training on Friday. Dale Powell is Team Lead.
• Gardenscapers (8 am-2 pm). Provide customers information related to garden layouts and design.
• Sales People (8 am-2 pm). Circulate and assist customers. Suzie Cook is Team Lead.

Table Monitors (8 am- 2 pm). Melissa Weaver and Judy Allen are Team Leads. Maintain plant layouts, plant care, display. Training on Friday.

• Trees – Table monitors
• Shade Plants – Table Monitors
• Shade Plants – Table Monitors
• Sun Plants – Table Monitors
• Sun/Part Sun Plants – Table Monitors
• Super Spreader Plants – Table Monitors

Where I am needed (8 am-2 pm).

Tear down, pack, collect recycle & trash (12-3 pm). Steve Spurgin is Team Lead. Tear down begins at sell-out or 2pm.

Return Items to Resource Room – Extension Office (12-3 pm).

Transport Unsold Plants (2-3 pm). Deliver unsold plants to garden tour home. SUV/truck/trailer needed.