Horticulture internships

The 4-H Geospatial Sciences Program is a statewide youth development initiative to train extension staff and leaders to use and apply the technology of the Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing to community problem solving. The CALS/CCE Summer Intern will work at CCE Genesee County to develop a model program [...]

 Summer 2013 Internship Opportunity Children’s Garden at Historic Bartow-Pell  Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in Pelham BayPark is searching for a part-time summer intern to help with our Children’s Garden that serves school groups, camp groups, scouts, and individual children. Created in April 2012, the Children’s Garden focuses on environmental education and growing food. Children help plant and care [...]

Randall’s Island Park Alliance, Inc., New York, NY, www.randallsisland.org Looking for a hands-on Intern to work at the park doing everything from planting trees, wetlands studies, teaching classes, event planning, etc. The Randall’s Island Park Alliance was founded in 1992 as a public-private partnership to work on behalf of Randall’s Island Park, located in the [...]

Heritage Museum and Gardens in historic Sandwich, MA on Cape Cod offers summer internships for the period May through late August.  This is a great opportunity to gain botanical garden work experience.  Students work directly for and with the Director of Horticulture in the Garden doing various duties as required to maintain a public garden. [...]

Paid public garden internships include 4 in horticulture, 1 in history, 1 in children’s education and 1 in farmers market marketing. More information.

The National Garden Internship was established to help bring the National Garden to life for visitors while cultivating new talent in the field of public horticulture. The 10 week summer position focuses on educational outreach through planning, implementing and managing interpretive materials and programs for the public. Past interns have had the opportunity to work on [...]

Horticulture Internship The Holden Arboretum has a Horticulture Internship opportunity for the period April through September, 2013. This internship offers students or recent grads the opportunity to experience various gardening responsibilities such as planting, transplanting, dividing, and maintaining a variety of woody and herbaceous plants. Pruning, deadheading, weeding, mulching, watering, fertilizing, and pest control are [...]

4-H STEM Camp Experience Faculty: Marcia Eames-Sheavly Location: 4-H Camps Bristol Hills and Wyomoco Part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Summer Internship Program. Eligibility: Must be a CALS full time freshman, sophomore or junior. Graduating seniors are not eligible. Award amount: $4,000. Application Deadline: February 28, 2013 or until an acceptable pool of applicants is [...]

Part of the Sustainability Internship Program launched in the Fall 2011 by the Tompkins County Planning Department as a pilot feature of The Sustainability Center. Project Description: Take part in the BIG Project (Brooktondale Inspirational Gardens) and join year two of the threeyear project that began in 2012. The vision of the BIG Project is [...]

Duties: Support staff in basic garden maintenance operations at NHA sites. Work on a project which will enhance the design and function of a garden area, or help to develop new garden-based program ideas/educational offerings at NHA sites. Conduct garden tours at the NHA’s Greater Light Garden and also the Oldest House Kitchen Garden (a [...]