Opportunities From: VolunteerWNY

Enjoy nature and help restore a historic landmark--all at the same time! Join Graycliff's Green Team of gardeners and grounds keepers to help keep our 8.5 acres of grounds and gardens attractive to visitors from throughout the world. Help us preserve and maintain the gracious park-like setting of this magnificent jewel on the lake. Lovely location on a bluff high above Lake Erie in a country-like setting, yet only 30 minutes from downtown Buffalo. Your help will be appreciated whether you like to work with others, or if you prefer to enjoy nature as you volunteer in a quiet corner of the estate.  Expertise in gardening appreciated, but not necessary. There are many different tasks to be done in maintaining our extensive grounds, ranging from equipment repair to digging to weeding to planting. Whatever your interests or skills, if you enjoy the out-of-doors and fresh air, come give us a hand. 

If you would enjoy some quiet time in a historic lakefront property, you might be interested in helping to help keep Frank Lloyd Wright's Graycliff looking its best. Our historic buildings need tender loving care, and your assistance in light dusting, vacuuming and upkeep projects would be greatly appreciated. Join our team of Historic House helpers with a friend as a great way to spend time together while helping out in the community. The Clean Team at Graycliff meets on Monday mornings from 9:30 - 11:30 am.

Interested in learning more about architecture, history, and Frank Lloyd Wright? Would you like to share the knowledge you gain with visitors from Western New York and around the globe?

Graycliff offers tour assistant training so that you will be able to help the Docent lead a tour of Graycliff with a basic knowledge of the site, architecture, and history, basic skills as a tour assistant, and, not least of all, confidence.

If you are fluent in a language in addition to English, we would particularly appreciate your help!

Interested in learning more about architecture, history, and Frank Lloyd Wright? Would you like to share the knowledge you gain with visitors from Western New York and around the globe? Graycliff offers tours to visitors from Western New York and around the globe year-round.

Graycliff’s guided tour program is led by a group of enthusiastic volunteer docents who uniquely interpret our historic site. Our docents lead both scheduled publicly available tours, as well as group and school tours. Graycliff docents present our lakeside property to visitors, animating the many stories of this very special place. Volunteering in this capacity is an excellent opportunity to learn all about Frank Lloyd Wright, Ellen Biddle Shipman, the Martin family, and the specific context of Graycliff. You’ll perfect skills you already have, while developing new ones, and join a community of talented and passionate individuals. We are confident you will be inspired and enchanted by Graycliff and have a lot of fun along the way!

Graycliff offers in-person docent training classes that will instill confidence in you to lead a tour at Graycliff with knowledge of the architecture and history. In addition, you will learn skills on how to give a great tour and provide an exceptional guest experience. Docent training takes place annually each spring, but we encourage you to let us know of your interest no matter the time of year.