Summer Internship – HORTICULTURE
| Apply by: | 31 March 2024 or until positions are filled |
| Duration: | 10 – 12 weeks during summer of 2024 |
| Compensation: | $13.25-14.00/hr |
| Contact: | Andrew Adams, Horticulture Manager |
Telephone: (302) 831-0909 E-mail: aadamsud@udel.edu
Website: https://canr.udel.edu/udbg/events-education/internships/
The UDBG has a minimum of four full time summer internships available for 2024. Students are expected to be highly motivated, hard-working, dependable able to work in groups and independently. There is no required Horticulture experience necessary! Interns will spend the summer working in the gardens with the garden staff learning maintenance skills and gaining experience in public horticulture. Students will work outside performing a wide variety of maintenance tasks, such as mowing, weed control, pruning, planting, hardscape installation, etc. Additionally, they will develop specialized skills such as curatorial work, detailed pruning and propagation. Students will work individually and in groups to accomplish the goals set forth for the summer. Students will take field trips to local public gardens to further their experience in public horticulture. For additional information, please feel free to contact Andrew Adams. To apply, please submit 1) a letter of interest including career goals, 2) a current resume, 3) two letters of references, and 4) transcript to Andrew Adams either in writing or via email.
Andrew Adams
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
University of Delaware
531 College Avenue
Newark, DE 19716-2170
