Intern - Landscape Gardener

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation•Williamsburg, VA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs landscape tasks at entry level while receiving training in garden maintenance, equipment, and conventional hand tools. Provides basic skills and knowledge to restore, maintain, and create the gardens in the Historic. Receives training in the art of fine gardening; plant identification; landscape construction; small equipment operation and service; and heirloom plant varieties. Assists and learns from senior horticulturists.

Requirements

Completed a minimum of one year of college in a major related to horticulture, floriculture, landscaping, arboriculture or similar field of study.
Knowledge of landscape gardening and maintenance, ability to learn topiary and espalier pruning techniques.
Must possess a valid Commonwealth of Virginia driver’s license and have an acceptable driving record based on The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s criteria.
Must be able to provide a 5-year Motor Vehicle Record prior to employment
Must be at least 21 years of age
May not have more than 1 moving violation or at fault accident within 12 months
May not have more than 2 moving violations or at fault accidents within 36 months
May not have any serious motor vehicle violations including but not limited to excessive speeding, reckless driving, DUI/DWI, suspended or revoked license, etc.
Ability to read instructions and fill out reports, to operate in a professional and safe manner, and experience with push mowers, and power hedge shears.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a gardener’s helper or groundskeeper; desire for professional career in the horticulture field.

Responsibilities

Prepares, plants and maintains seasonal beds of flowers, vegetables, and herbs; cultivates soil, weeds, and edges beds; prunes/harvests as necessary.
Prunes trees, shrubs, hedges and espaliered fruit trees; shears topiary.
Performs nursery/greenhouse activities (e.g., planting, transplanting, propagation, watering, fertilizing, area clean-up and organizing, etc.)
Does garden detail work such as edging, weeding, dead-heading, and raking.
Operates and performs basic service on power and hand-held landscape and gardening equipment (e.g., string trimmers, edgers, leaf blowers, similar landscape maintenance equipment and conventional hand tools.)
Will have the opportunity to: Work with the IPM Technician to monitor insect and disease problems
Work with the Irrigation Technician in on automatic irrigation systems
Work with the Arborists to learn arboricultural practices.
Performs emergency landscaping work due to bad weather (storms, etc.)
Performs other related duties as required