Smithsonian Gardens is offering summer internship opportunities. If you are interested in applying, submit your completed application by February 1, 2011.
The Smithsonian Gardens (SG) designs, manages, and maintains the gardens and grounds of the many Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., which attract over twenty million visitors each year. SG also develops horticulture displays and exhibitions for exterior and interior museum spaces. The Smithsonian gardens and grounds serve as “outdoor museums” designed to complement the buildings they border and to enhance the overall visitor experience of learning, appreciation, and enjoyment.
Numerous SG internship opportunities are available throughout the year in the following disciplines:
● Public gardens maintenance and management
(focusing on one garden, or rotating through a number of different gardens)
● Greenhouse Production and Interior plant maintenance
● Landscape Architecture
● Orchid Collection Management
● Integrated Pest Management
● Collections Education
● Collections Management (garden archives and garden furnishings & horticultural artifacts)
Internship Details
● Open to all current undergraduate and graduate students who study horticulture or a related discipline and wish to further their knowledge through practical hands-on work experience
● Paid and unpaid internships available
● Ten to sixteen week long internships / 40 hours per week
● Opportunities to complete special projects that may relate to the intern’s special area of interest
· To learn more about SG internship program go online to www.gardens.si.edu.
How to apply
· To apply, applicants must submit an application online at https://solaa.si.edu and select “Horticulture Services Division Internship Program” from the drop down list of programs.
· Applications are due three months prior to proposed start date, except for summer internships. Summer internship applications are due February 1.
For additional information, contact:
Smithsonian Gardens
P.O. Box 37012 | Capital Gallery, Suite 3300, MRC 506
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Telephone: (202) 633-5840 | Fax: (202) 633-5697 | E-mail: gardens@si.edu
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