The other kids begged their parents to take them to the zoo. Animals were exciting to them. Animals move and eat. They make weird sounds. They smell funny. Plants have none of those appeal factors. Plants don’t move, they grow. They absorb their nutrients. They’re soundless. And they smell good (most of them anyways). To most kids that spells B-O-R-I-N-G, but not to you. You realize that the zoo is an 86-minute comedy movie, while a botanical garden is 142 minutes of Academy Award winning cinematic genius. So, if you were the kid that ignored the cheap thrills of the zoo for the higher art of the botanical garden, then today’s internships will bud your interest.
The New YorK Botanical Garden has an amazing number and variety of internships for college students. Whether you are majoring in Plant Sciences and doing genetic research on the flora of Zimbabwe, or you want to go into public relations and just really like to garden, they have something for you. There are two internships that are listed individually on their site, which are Nolen Glasshouse Intern and Herbarium Intern. Then, they also have two listings that contain multiple internships. These are Summer Internships (Forest Management Intern, Laboratory Research Intern, Mapping and Surveying Intern, Editorial Intern, Public Relations Intern, Creative Services Intern, Prospect Research Intern, and Mechanical Engineering Intern) and Everett Public Service Internships (Bronx Green-Up Everett Intern, ECAG Everett Intern, Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden Everett Intern, DNA Bar Coding Everett Intern, Plant Anatomy Everett Intern, and Ethnobotany Everett Intern). Most of these internships have an e-mail at the end of the description that you can apply to, but if you don’t see one, you can use the HR contact form. There are deadlines for some of these positions, but they’re not until the end of March from what we noticed.
We’ll also note that the New York Botanical Garden’s website is great if you’re a potential visitor, but it’s a little lacking if you’re looking for deeper information about the organization itself. Their employment listings are hidden away in a menu that we nearly overlooked, and their job descriptions are contained in weird scroll boxes that make them pretty hard to read. The descriptions are also a little on the brief side, but they get to the essence of what each of the internships is all about. You should also know that the internships are hidden away within Part Time/Seasonal Openings. Still, you shouldn’t let the lack of usability on the website interfere with your perception of the New York Botanical Garden, because these look to be absolutely phenomenal internships.
Whether you are a plant scientist or a plant lover, the New York Botanical Garden is a beautiful place to be in the Summer.
Links to Help You Begin Your Research
The New York Botanical Garden also has entry-level jobs for new college grads, so take a look at those if graduation is coming up in May (or happened last year).
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