Internships (2010)
Horticulture Internship at Cleveland Botanical Garden
Our mission, to spark a passion for plants and cultivate an understanding of their relationship to people and the environment helps people of all ages and backgrounds appreciate and benefit from the positive role that plants play in their lives.
Horticulture Internship Objective:
To expose intern to the many facets of a public horticulture institution, primarily in grounds and glasshouse management and maintenance.
Duties:
Work under the direction of gardeners, horticulturists, glasshouse technicians, and curator of collections to accomplish daily tasks as well as long-term projects. Assist with care of gardens, grounds, and glasshouse, including duties such as watering, pruning, planting, weeding, mulching, fertilizing, mowing, and pest control. Interns are also required to participate in a research project.
Educational Benefits
- Gain experience in working with roses, herbs, perennials, annuals, wildflowers, aquatic plants, indoor plants, woody plants, turf, container plantings, tropical and succulent plants.
- Field trips to public and commercial horticultural facilities
- Attend Garden classes and programs
- College internship credit with sponsoring school
- Independent horticulture research projects
Qualifications
- Completion of two years of college (horticulture, botany or related field) or technical program is preferred
- Strong interest in plants coupled with a desire to learn - experience in the horticulture field is desirable
- Intern is responsible for obtaining housing and transportation. Assistance in locating housing is available if requested on application.
Dates of Position:
- Three month duration.
- Generally Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- 40 hours per week
- Weekend rotation schedule
- Occasional evening work possible during special events.
Requirements
- Must pass a criminal background check
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and be able to work in extreme weather conditions
- Must be able to handle physical work
Wages:
$9.00/hour
To Apply:
Send statement of interest, current resume, unofficial transcripts and three references of recommendation to the attention of
Human Resources Manager
Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106
or email to Internships@cbgarden.org.
Deadline for competitive summer internship is March 1, 2010.
Incomplete applications will not be reviewed for Internship positions
Education Internship at Cleveland Botanical Garden
Objective:
To assist Cleveland Botanical Garden staff in the management of plantings, structures, educational features and programming of Hershey Children’s Garden (HCG) and Education Department programs while enhancing individual horticultural and/or educational knowledge base.
Supervisor:
Hershey Children's Garden Manager
Work Location:
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Time Commitment:
April/May through August/September, 32 hours per week.
Responsibilities
- Assist with HCG’s maintenance, including all plantings, garden features, displays and other areas.
- Support the management of HCG’s horticultural operations including, watering, fertilizing, pruning, mulching, mowing and other related tasks.
- Assist in the development of informational hand-outs and signage for the Garden as well as stock and replenish related brochures, flyers, and program information materials.
- Create and implement weekday and week-end educational programs in the Garden for families, schools and other youth organizations.
- Assist with other tasks, programs, and events as necessary in the Department of Education.
- Complete an independent project
Qualifications:
- High school graduate with minimum 2 years in college or post-secondary program: prefer education, environmental/natural resources, horticulture/agriculture, museum exhibit/interpretation studies or related field.
- Experience in youth leadership or counselor roles.
- Good communications skills.
- Availability to work week days and weekends.
Requirements
- Must pass a criminal background check.
- Must be able to lift 30 lbs. and work outdoors in extreme weather conditions.
Wages:
$8.25/hour
To Apply:
Send a resume with three references by February 15th, 2010 to:
Human Resources Manager
Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
or email to : internships@cbgarden.org
No phone calls please.
Plant Documentation Intern At Cleveland Botanical Garden
Description:
The plant documentation intern will assist the curator in the on-going process of labeling the plant collections at the Garden. The purpose of labeling is to accurately identify all of the significant plant taxa in the collection for visitor, staff and volunteers, and to provide information about family, native range, and appropriate use and growing conditions for these plants.
Work site locations:
Plant Records Office - sign and label workshop, CBG grounds, Eleanor Armstrong Smith Glasshouse, CBG Library.
Time requirements:
960 hours/6months March 2010 – August 2010 ($12/hour)
Skills and qualifications:
Coursework at the college level in botany, horticulture, or one of the life sciences.
Computer literacy, high degree of attention to detail, manual dexterity.
Experience with botanical terminology and/or machine shop helpful.
Responsibilities:
The assistant/intern will work under the curator’s supervision to perform one or more of the following:
Inventory plant collections; review botanical literature to assign correct nomenclature, family and native range, computer database data entry and retrieval; produce plant tags and display labels; research plant information from books and internet reference sources.
Training to be provided:
Training is to be provided by the Curator and consists of the following: Basic plant nomenclature, and orientation to accepted reference materials. Plant records database data entry and retrieval. Sign and label assembly: Add-Tac metal embosser, New Hermes vinyl engraver, and thermal label printer.
Restrictions
18 years or over
Supervisor:
Ann McCulloh, Curator of Plant Collections
To Apply:
Send a resume with three references by February 20, 2010 to:
Human Resources Manager
Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
or email to : internships@cbgarden.org
No phone calls please.