Horticulture internships

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.

Crop Production Services in Milton, NY is located in the beautiful Hudson Valley (http://www.cpsagu.com/map/Default.aspx).  Sitting beside some of the early, rich history of the state are some of the greatest agricultural treasures.  We are a very diverse agricultural community growing high quality tree fruit, fresh market vegetables and a huge array of specialty crops. We [...]

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 [...]

Job Description: Employees will be collecting data for several research projects on the Lassen National Forest. The projects include, but are not limited to: (a) utilization of terrestrial and airborne lidar (light detection and ranging) derived products for forest planning and management (field work includes: lidar field plot establishment and data collection of vegetation, wildlife [...]

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 [...]

Invasive Plant Early Detection Internship Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) Location: Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito, CA Final application date: February 8, 2013 Job description: (GGNRA), located in the San Francisco Bay Area, is seeking two interns to assist with early detection, mapping, and removal of invasive plants. The interns will work closely with park staff, [...]

Archbold Biological Station: Research Internships in Plant Ecology. Beginning May-August and later in 2013. Ideal for Students with Undergraduate Degrees Contemplating Graduate School. Includes independent research project. Provides Stipend, Room, and Board. Internships at Archbold Biological Station in south-central Florida in the Plant Ecology Program. Interns will work in the plant ecology laboratory of Dr. [...]

Pennsylvania State University: Field and laboratory assistant needed to help with data collection for a Penn State Department of Entomology Master’s thesis project. Research is focused on the contribution of flowering spring cover crops to local native bee communities in an organic agriculture setting. Work will include both outdoor field work (80%) at Penn State [...]