How to Join a Volunteering Session

We’d love to see you out at the farm!

Please let us know when you’re coming by heading into the front room at the farm and writing your name in our volunteer registration book.

You can sign up for as many as you like.

Change of Plans or Need Assistance?

If you can’t make it, please let us know as soon as possible so we can manage numbers on the day. You can reach us by emailing programs@greenthumbfarm.org.au or messaging your volunteer WhatsApp group.

Not in a WhatsApp group yet?

Join us here:

Click here to join the Farm Team WhatsApp Group (For Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday morning sessions)

Click here to join the Farmgate Markets WhatsApp Group (For Saturday market sessions)

Green Thumb Farm Volunteers Perks & Discounts.

For volunteers who help out regularly, either weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

👉 Bakery (available on Saturdays, during Farmgate Markets)

Sourdough Discount - save $3 on every loaf
Sweet Pastries - save $2 off each on

👉 Produce (available on Saturdays, during Farmgate Markets)

Suttons Juice - Save $2 off each bottle
Herb blends - $2 off per pack
Eggs - $2 off per pack
Raw Honey large – $22.50 (save $2)

👉 Merchandise

Fruit & Veggie Earrings – $30 (save $5)
Green Thumb Farm t-shirt - $15 (half price)

👉 Nursery

Mushroom Compost – 2 fill-your-own bags for $16 (save $4)
Forest Mulch – fill-your-own bags, absolutely free!
Opportunity for free seedling plugs when we have excess
10% off earthlife products
$2 off red soil organics products

👉 Additional Perks for Farmgate volunteers applicable on the day you are volunteering:

Choose 2kg of free organic produce from a seasonal selection - weigh and pack yourself using the red scales) > only for Saturday farmgate volunteers who have booked in to a shift
A share of leftover market produce at the end of the market (divided among those still on-site) only for farmgate volunteers on the day of your shift

👉 Additional Perks for mid week Farm volunteers

Harvest produce including herbs and excess produce direct from the farm after your session.

Online Induction Program

Applicable to all new volunteers and staff members, takes around 10 minutes to complete.

Access the Online Induction Program

Farmgate Markets

For volunteers and staff working on the Farmgate Markets, please complete the Farmgate specific onboarding content, which takes around 10 minutes:

Access the Farmgate Markets Online Induction

Blue Card

For volunteers and staff required to have a Blue Card, please access the induction with instructions on how to request a Blue Card at no cost:

Access the Blue Card Online Induction

Green Thumb Farm Policies

Applicable for all Volunteers, Staff and Contractors:

Anti-Discrimination and Equal Employment Policy – [Link]
Blue Card Compliance – [Link]
Code of Conduct – [Link]
First Aid – [Link]
Induction – [Link]
Internet, Email and Computer Use – [Link]
Not Acting Like a Mere Conduit - [Link]
Personal Protective Equipment and Clothing – [Link]
Sexual Harassment – [Link]
Skin Protection – [Link]
Social Media – [Link]
Vehicle Safety – [Link]
Work Health and Safety – [Link]
Workplace Bullying – [Link]
Workplace Drug and Alcohol – [Link]

Applicable for Staff and Contractors:

Disciplinary Policy – [Link]
Leave Policy – [Link]
Parental Leave Policy – [Link]
Performance and Misconduct – [Link]
Recruitment and Selection – [Link]