Help native plants take root at the Grand Canyon’s north rim
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Join us August 4 − 7, 2025 to garden in Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon National Park is working to create more havens within the developed areas at the North Rim for native plants and animals. On this trip, we will plant native vegetation to expand the North Rim pollinator gardens — critical habitats for native bees, monarch butterflies, and other important insects — nestled in between the cabins on the rim. This work beautifies the space and provides more opportunities for park visitors to learn about native plants and animals.
Soon the park will conduct a variety of construction projects to revitalize the aging infrastructure at the North Rim. But before the park breaks ground, Trust volunteers will collect native plant seeds in the area (weather permitting). Once construction is complete, future volunteers will re-plant those seeds back into the newly renovated spaces, ensuring the success of native plant life and providing erosion control as well.
Location Arizona
Contact Volunteer Program
Open to Everyone
Trip Rating Moderate
Topics Grand Canyon, Native plants, Restoration
Who can sign up?
Many of our trips are family friendly! Please see our FAQs for more information or email us with questions about particular trips.
Membership is optional, but we ask that participants who are comfortable financially become members of the Grand Canyon Trust with a $25 donation. Members receive a subscription to our biannual print magazine, The Advocate. Please contact us if you have any questions. You’ll also need to submit your volunteer application form to secure your spot on the trip.
Note: Due to uncertainties and staffing interruptions in federal agencies, we cannot guarantee that all of our projects will move forward as scheduled. As we learn more, we’ll keep you updated. Thanks for your understanding and patience.
What to expect
We’ll fuel up with coffee and breakfast in the mornings and spend the days planting native plants and collecting native seeds. We’ll return to camp in the evenings for free time, appetizers, dinner, and stargazing. We’ll hear from a Grand Canyon National Park partner and Trust staff about conservation work and ways to stay involved after the trip. On the last day, we’ll break camp, pack up, and head home.
This trip is rated as moderate
Accommodations
We will be car and tent camping at an administrative campground at the north rim of the Grand Canyon. We will have access to composting vault toilets, showers, and water. The Trust provides a camp kitchen. Park entrance fees will be waived. More information will follow in our pre-trip emails.
The Trust provides: All meals, water, snacks, field equipment, tools, and training.
Participants provide: Personal transportation to Grand Canyon National Park, individual camping gear, coffee mug, lunch container, work clothes, work gloves, wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, rain gear, and clothes for hot days and cold nights. Please come prepared.
How to sign up:
- Select “SIGN UP,” and follow the prompts.
- Check your email for further instructions.
- Send in your volunteer application form for the year.
- Become a member of the Grand Canyon Trust.
- A Trust trip leader will confirm your spot.
Questions? Email volunteernow@grandcanyontrust.org
Trip packing list
Our gear list will help you prepare. We can loan some items on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact us for details.
Frequently asked questions
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Public health considerations on volunteer trips
Our top priority is the safety and comfort of our trip participants. Precautionary measures that will be followed on trips to avoid the spread of communicable diseases will be communicated in pre-trip emails. If we feel that a trip cannot be safely conducted due to public health conditions, or for any other reason, we will cancel the trip with as much notice as possible. Volunteers or participants may reach out to volunteernow@grandcanyontrust.org with any questions.
The Grand Canyon Trust is committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our work. The conservation field and the Colorado Plateau have their own histories of racial injustice and exclusion and as a largely white organization, we know we have work to do. We are actively working to make the conservation field and the Colorado Plateau more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive. Read the Grand Canyon Trust’s justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion statement
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