Cornell Plantations is seeking volunteer guides to give tours to school children and the general public in the Mundy Wildflower Garden and other areas.

Weekly training sessions are scheduled for Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon, March 4 through April 29. Familiarity with wildflowers and native plants is helpful but not essential. Volunteers should expect to conduct at least one tour a month during the spring and early summer.

Plantations has more than 50 active volunteers who assist with gardening, natural areas maintenance, tours, information services, gift shop staffing, lectures, education programs, special events, clerical work, development and public relations. Volunteers also write for Plantations publications and update lists of what is in bloom for garden visitors. They craft items for the Plantations gift shop and serve regularly on various administrative and advisory committees.

Benefits to volunteers include membership in Cornell Plantations, the Plantations newsletter and magazine and discounts in the gift shop and on Plantations classes.

For more information call volunteer coordinator Fair Gouldin, at (607) 255-2406.