Volunteer With Us

VOLUNTEER SESSION INFORMATION

Thanks for your interest in joining Prairie Urban Farm! We operate regular mentored volunteer sessions. Drop in sessions are listed below. Further sessions frequently get added to the season, so check back for updates, or join our Slack channel (see below).

2025 Drop in Sessions:

Welcome Sessions: Saturday April 19 & April 26. 10am-2pm.

Beginning April 26, 2025: 

Tuesday Evenings: 5:30pm-8:30pm  (or dusk)

Thursday Evenings: 5:30pm-8:30pm (or dusk)

Saturdays: 10am-2pm.

Friday morning sessions (9am-1pm) with Adaptabilities will begin on May 9th.

 

Insurance Waivers:

Before you come to PUF we aske you to sign an annual waiver form. You can print it and bring it with you, or email it to kjones4@ualberta.ca . Blank forms are also available on site at the farm to fill in.

Adult Waiver Form / Waiver Form for Minors

PUF Volunteers with pumpkins!

STAYING IN CONTACT

A great way to stay up-to-date on Prairie Urban Farm is to join our mailing list. This is how we send out updates on the farm, information about our CSA Box program, other volunteer opportunities and upcoming events.

For day-to-day communication about individual sessions, cancellations (for example, due to weather), and keeping in touch with other volunteers, you can join our Slack channel. 

PUF ORIENTATION

This year we are providing an orientation video instead of our usual orientation seminar.  Please view the following short video to learn more about PUF, and what you need to do to prepare to come to the garden.

 

Click photo to open orientation video.

Volunteer Hours & Time Commitment

Volunteers get fully orientated on site by a garden leader during one of our regular volunteer drop-in hours. Sign up for our mailing list to be notified of when our drop-in hours are set each season. There is no minimum time commitment necessary, however, we do like to see volunteers once a week if they can make it. This helps us to communicate any changes at the farm and it's a better experience for volunteers as it allows you to see the farm progress through out the season and to be involved in each step of that progression.

What to bring

For a volunteer session you should have gardening gloves, and we suggest you wear clothes that you don't mind getting a bit dirty in case you're kneeling in the dirt or it's muddy after a rain. Closed toed shoes are required. Also, bring a reusable bag (grocery store bag) to put some produce in for when you go home. A water bottle and sunscreen is good to bring as well. Other than that you don't need anything - we provide all the tools.

Volunteers adding compost and mulch to our fruit trees in the spring.

HOW TO GET TO PUF

Prairie Urban Farm is located within the University of Alberta's South Campus in Edmonton, AB. Our farm is next to the Dairy Research Facility on 118 Street and south of 60 Avenue.

Vehicle
If you are coming to Prairie Urban Farm by vehicle, you can access 60 avenue by turning off 61 avenue going towards the U of A, or turning off 113 Street southbound. Parking is available along the road.  Note: This year the car park is being fenced off, and we won't have use of it.

Public Transit
The farm is very easy to access by public transit. The South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park LRT Station is a 15-20 minute walk away and many buses stop at this transit station as well.

Bicycle
Many of the roads around and within South Campus are bicycle friendly including 113 Street and 122 Street.