Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) DC Branch

PGMS is a professional association promoting development through education programs, networking, community service, and fellowship. The majority of PGMS members are grounds managers working at various organizations such as colleges, universities, municipalities, parks and recreation facilities, theme parks, and landscape management companies. PGMS is currently reaching out to all faculty, staff, and students that are involved in the Horticulture Technology program to invite them to virtual meetings. Continue reading Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) DC Branch

Oak Spring Garden Foundation

The Oak Spring Garden Foundation seeks a Head of Plant, Garden and Landscape Programs to envision, plan, budget and manage a portfolio of distinctive, high-quality programs in the sciences,
humanities and arts that are focused on plants, gardens and landscapes and that will take place on the Oak Spring estate in northern Virginia. Click on link for further details and to apply.

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The Virginia Horticultural Foundation

​The Virginia Horticultural Foundation (VHF) awards College Scholarships for students pursuing careers in the green industries. Students of horticulture, arboriculture, nursery & greenhouse production, floriculture, forestry & urban forestry, landscape architecture/design, turfgrass management, or other horticultural fields are welcomed and encouraged to apply. Click on link for further details and to apply.

http://vahort.org/scholarship.html

The Olde Farm

The Olde Farm Golf Course is an exclusive private golf club located in Bristol, Virginia. In addition to golf, The Olde Farm features a preeminent dining and wine venue. To highlight this feature of the club, The Olde Farm features over an acre of heirloom organic vegetable crop production, numerous orchards (apple, pear, peach and plum), an herb garden, a cut flower garden, and bee hives actively producing honey. They are seeking a student pursuing a 2-4 year degree in horticulture or related agricultural field for an internship. Clink on link for further details and to apply.

https://www.theoldefarm.com/portfolio/horticulture-internship/