Gain experience in the gardens!

Horticultural Internship 2022 GSG

Job Title: Horticultural Intern

Description: Green Spring Gardens is a 31-acre public garden with a 1784 Historic House that offers themed gardens for enjoyment, education and inspiration. Visit our website at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/green-spring/.
This internship will provide a hands-on horticultural introduction to a small public garden. This involves propagation, planting, and maintenance of several garden areas, including edible, water-wise, and swale gardens, as well as shrub and perennial borders.
This internship is generously funded by the Friends of Green Spring (FROGS).

Compensation: Interns will be temporary, part-time employees of the Fairfax County Park Authority. Compensation is $11.55hour for up to 285 hours. Start and end dates are negotiable.

Requirements: Applicants must be enrolled in a two or four-year horticulture, botany, environmental education or similar degree program. All newly hired employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (two weeks after the last required dose) as a condition of employment or obtain approval of a medical or religious exemption prior to their start date. Proof of an exemption or vaccination status will be required during the pre-employment onboarding process. New employees who obtain an exemption from the vaccine mandate for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs will still be subject to the weekly testing requirement. Vaccinated employees and employees with a medical or religious exemption will complete the attestation online on their first day of employment or shortly thereafter.

To Apply: Send resume to Judith.Zatsick@fairfaxcounty.gov. Open until filled.
Green Spring Gardens
4603 Green