Horticulture internships

Phipps is seeking an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Intern to assist in developing and coordinating Phipps’ IPM program in the Conservatory, production houses and outdoor gardens, including the newly installed Center for Sustainable Landscapes, with the goal of minimizing pesticide use while maintaining the health and beauty of all plants thoughout the Phipps campus. Essential [...]

Job description: Position Summary: The Horticulture Apprentice position is a one year appointment which is structured to assist a recent graduate in developing the skills and industry connections needed for successful employment in the field of horticulture. This program is designed to provide a vehicle for transfer of horticultural knowledge from Yew Dell’s professional horticulture [...]

Employer: Rehl Gardens, Inc. Contact: Chris Rehl 68 Walnut Street, Natick MA 01760 508-653-3511 chris@rehlgardens.com http://www.rehlgardens.com Rehl Gardens is one of MetroWest Boston’s leading Horticultural Services and Fine Gardening companies offering design, installation and maintenance of fine gardens as well as providing spectacular planters. We are searching for a student in horticulture, floriculture, landscape architecture, [...]

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.

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 [...]

Our 12-week summer internships are designed for college undergraduate and graduate students majoring in horticulture, landscape architecture, ecology, or related plant science fields who are interested in hands-on training and academic instruction in naturalistic garden design and native plants. Currently, seven internships are available. Our goal, upon completion of the internship program, is for students [...]

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 [...]

As a subgroup of the University of Wisconsin’s Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP), we offer exceptional undergraduate students an opportunity to pursue basic and applied research experience at a world class research institution in laboratories focused on ecological, plant and environmental research. Participants in the program will engage in independent research, guided by [...]

The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) is seeking a Forest Landscape Ecology intern to start on or around October 15, 2012. The Lab specializes in the application of ecological modeling, remote sensing, and geographic information systems (GIS) to conservation problems. The successful applicant will work closely with Dr. Jonathan Thompson assisting with several aspects of [...]