Volunteer with Us!
We love our volunteers, and volunteering with LifeCycles comes with plenty of perks! Pick fruit, process seeds, help care for our urban orchard, and learn new skills while meeting lots of amazing people along the way.
Explore our volunteer opportunities below to find a project that’s right for you and learn more about how you can get involved.
Our main volunteer projects
Sign up to volunteer on the Gleaning Hub, our Volunteer Portal
Fruit Tree Project
Help harvest and distribute fruit from backyards across Greater Victoria
- Assessing trees
- Leading picks as a Harvest Leader
- Picking fruit
- Sorting and distributing harvests
Welland Community Orchard
Help care for one of Canada’s largest and most diverse community orchards, through every season.
- General Volunteer
- Pruning Apprenticeship
Victoria Seed Library
Support our free Seed Library, hosted at the Greater Victoria Public Library’s Central Branch.
- Process and sort seeds
- Grow out seeds for the Seed Library
Interested in Other projects
Get in touch with us with the emails below to volunteer with other projects
Farm Gleaning
Help rescue surplus produce from local farms. To learn more email at
Bear Hill Farm Pilot Project
A five-year project to reactivate underused agricultural lands for food production in the CRD.
Community Food Program
Help with practical food and garden education. To learn more email at
The LifeCycles Newsletter
Updates from our work across Greater Victoria.