Under the Duties link at the bottom of this page, you'll learn where interns work while interning here, and you'll see a list of assigned intern projects done over past years. Perhaps you'll be inspired to entertain notions for projects of your own. We especially hope you'll enjoy reading the personal updates from former horticulture interns who are now regular MBG staff and others who went on to specialize in other areas of interest in the field of Horticulture.

Every summer our interns leave something of themselves with us when they go back to school. We know they take a part of us with them too. We are enriched by the Horticulture Summer Internship Program and are proud to say many former interns keep in touch with us years after their internships are over. And, as you will learn in these pages, some of our interns ultimately join our staff.

The Horticulture Summer Internship Program at Missouri Botanical Garden is open to all current undergraduate college students who study horticulture or related disciplines and who are willing to further their knowledge through a practical hands-on work experience.

While we do not have formal courses, there are educational opportunities in Adult Education classes and talks given by specialists in the Horticulture division. Of course, the real learning comes from interacting with our staff of professional horticulturists.

The program is twelve full consecutive weeks during summer, ~ mid-May through mid-August. While many colleges and universities offer formal classes in horticulture and landscape architecture, students often don't have the time or facilities to gain practical experience in their chosen field. We're committed to offering educational and practical work experience to horticulture interns.

Interns are considered employees, working 40 hours per week at $7.14 to $7.40 per hour. Garden policies apply to interns as they do to other Garden employees. All Horticulture interns must possess and maintain a valid driver's license. Our interns get hands-on experience as they rotate through production greenhouses, outdoor display gardens, Japanese Garden, English Woodland Garden, Center for Home Gardening, and conservatories including the Temperate House and the Climatron, a geodesic domed greenhouse housing tropical plant species.

MBG interns have an opportunity to develop the practical horticultural skills so important to potential employers offering responsible positions. Our interns make many professional contacts as they learn about the value of a positive work ethic. Each intern completes an assigned project while they are here, one of benefit to MBG and usually related to the intern's special area of interest.

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