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Docent Calendars<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The docent calendars<\/a> show who is signed up to work each day the garden is open.\u00a0We keep the online schedule as updated as possible. Club coordinators, please use the monthly calendars to schedule the docent volunteers from your club.\u00a0 They will then be integrated with all other calendars received and posted to the web site. <\/span><\/span>There are only 3 days a year that the Garden is closed:\u00a0 New Years Day, Thanksgiving Day,\u00a0 and Christmas Day. Any additions or corrections, send an email. Thanks!<\/span>
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Click here<\/a> to view the docent calendar.<\/p>\n

We Love Volunteers and Docents!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What is a docent?\u00a0<\/strong> A docent is a volunteer guide in a museum, garden or other public facility and who helps teach the visitors about their facility.<\/p>\n

What does a docent do?<\/strong>\u00a0 At the Garden, a docent will hand out a guide to the trees, be available to answer questions about the garden and bonsai, may personally guide a visitor through the garden, and as time allows, perform light garden and bonsai maintenance, according to the docent\u2019s experience, skill and ability.<\/p>\n

How Do I Become a Volunteer or Docent?<\/strong>\u00a0Fill out the\u00a0form form found on the link below; or just ask a current docent for the form, complete it and leave it at the Garden. You will be contacted by the docent coordinator. FILL OUT IN GOOGLE FORMS<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on this link or on the form included\u00a0below.<\/p>\n

Training?\u00a0 How Long Will That Take?\u00a0<\/strong> We are not a large museum with much to learn about; we are a small garden with about 200 bonsai plants.\u00a0 Docents do not have to memorize facts about the bonsai; there is written material for visitors.\u00a0 Docents will learn about some of the historical and more significant trees, will learn a few facts about the garden\u2019s history, will be able to answer questions about bonsai creation and maintenance and learn a few simple garden procedures.<\/p>\n

What About the C-word, Commitment?<\/strong>\u00a0 We ask for a minimum one year commitment from our docents and are happy to say that historically our docents have been with us for many years.\u00a0 We think that reflects the joy of working with these horticultural treasures and the appreciative public that tours our garden.<\/p>\n

Volunteers are always needed!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt is….. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n