Public volunteer sessions

Volunteer options

We offer four weekly volunteer sessions and a monthly weekend working bee, details below. To book your place, select your preferred session in the calendar below.

harvest HEAVEN (8:00 - 9:00 Friday)

For the morning people (or aspiring) who want to wake up their body with action and pace. You’ll learn harvesting processes and techniques as you help us prepare our special salad mix. Early bird catches the carrots as they say!!

Farmer Life (10am-12pm, Tuesdays)

You’ll learn a variety of farming and skills alongside our community and education manager Rose as we complete whatever farm tasks need doing. A great time for chats about life, the universe and everything, or to find headspace working on a solo task.

The Complete Kai Cycle (10am-12pm, Fridays)

Join our community and compost managers in the māra to get circular and take part in the journey from kai to compost and back again. The perfect opportunity to learn about composting through processing food scraps, turning piles (an awesome full body workout!), and other tasks. We'll also be carrying out gardening mahi so you get to choose your own adventure, and level of physicality, for the session.

After-work wind down (4pm-6:00pm, Thursdays)

For those looking for a way to get your body moving, get your hands in the soil and decompress after work. A time to socialise while taking practical climate action. Don’t worry if you can’t get there at 4pm on the dot! Note that this volunteer session is cancelled where other Kaicycle events are booked in at this time.

community working bees (9am-1pm, once a month)

A great time to get your weekend off to a good, wholesome start with friends, whānau, flatmates, or date. We'll provide morning tea, music, tools and tips.

Register in the calendar below to save your spot! By registering below your place is confirmed in the volunteer session for the date chosen. You will receive an email confirmation with details of the session plus a link to change or cancel the session if your plans change and you cannot come. These sessions book out well in advance so please make sure you release your place for someone else if you cannot make it on the day. You’re still welcome even if you can only attend part of the session, just let us know when you register.

See you soon! We really value the time spent on the farm by volunteers and look forward to seeing you on the farm soon!

Why volunteer with Kaicycle?

Composting and growing kai is climate action Regenerative urban farms are climate change ready infrastructure and a way to grow radical hope through food in our times of climate change and biodiversity loss.

Grow your skills and knowledge Our volunteer sessions are a great way to grow your skills and knowledge with your hands in the soil. You'll be involved in day-to-day farm work including seed-raising, planting, watering, mulching, weeding, compost-turning, repairs and more. Jobs will vary from week to week.

Everyone is welcome Tamariki are welcome, however must be accompanied and supervised. If you have access needs let us know when you sign up so we can find an activity that works for you. The farm is wheelchair accessible.

Earn Time Credits for your volunteer hours Kaicycle is a member of Wellington Timebank. By becoming a member of Timebank, you can record the hours you volunteer at Kaicycle, then trade them for services from others in the Timebank community.

FAQS

What should I bring? Please wear covered shoes and weather-appropriate clothing you don’t mind getting dirty. If you can, bring your own gardening gloves and a drink bottle. We have spare gloves and provide all the tools.

Is the session still on if it’s raining? We occasionally cancel sessions in heavy rains or strong winds if we don’t have indoor tasks in the greenhouses. You will receive a ‘booking cancelled’ notification via email if your session is cancelled so best to check your emails before hand if you’re not sure.

I have accessibility needs Kaicycle is committed to making our farm accessible to all. When you sign up for a session, just let us know what your accessibility needs are and we’ll make it work for you! Our farm is wheelchair accessible.