Make Your Mark
Forever Balboa Park offers parkwide volunteer opportunities for passionate park lovers like you.
Making Balboa Park better starts with you! No matter your age or level of experience, you can contribute to making San Diego’s crown jewel shine! Join Forever Balboa Park and its primary partner, the City of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation, to help enhance the visitor experience and sustain our precious cultural and environmental resources by becoming a steward of one of the world’s greatest urban parks. We provide the training and gear—you provide the enthusiasm and love of Balboa Park.
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Find Your Place
Parkwide Opportunities to Match Your Passion
Help enhance the visitor experience and sustain our precious cultural and environmental resources by becoming a steward of one of the world’s greatest urban parks.
Our Programs
Garden Stewards support the San Diego Parks & Recreation by maintaining 18 of Balboa Park’s gardens.
Park Ambassadors is a joint program with the City of San Diego. Volunteers provide easy-access park
The Balboa Park Rose Garden Corps maintains the Rose Garden all year long.
Tree Stewards monitor the health and well-being of thousands of trees in Balboa Park.
Tree Maintenance Stewards care for recently planted young trees throughout Balboa Park.
Visitor Center volunteers provide expert knowledge to park visitors in the Balboa Park Visitors Center.
Volunteer Value
Volunteer Footprint
- Maintain 18+ Balboa Park gardens
- Monitor and Maintain 800+ trees
- Assist 500,000 visitors annually
- Repaint Balboa Park Carousel animals
- Donate 19,000+ hours annually
- Remove over 100 lbs of litter
- Annually Planted 68 Trees in 2021