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Are you looking for a PAID summer internship? Applications are now open for the North Carolina Summer 2026 Internship Program. This is a PAID summer internship. Applications close on January 30, 2026. About the Internship at the CSS Neuse Museum: Job Duties: The intern will have the chance to develop skills and grow professionally by learning the responsibilities of museum staff. This includes performing research and analysis, handling and caring for artifacts, understanding how museum collections are used for field …

Ferry Foundation Children’s Garden Intern Cleveland Botanical Garden Internship   Opportunity:  The Education department is seeking a Children’s Garden Intern. The Ferry Foundation Children’s Garden intern will help facilitate a sense of wonder and connection to the natural world for visitors to the  Hershey Children’s Garden and other areas of the Cleveland Botanical Garden. The intern will do this by engaging diverse audiences of all ages, researching & delivering engaging activities about plants, working with volunteers, horticulture, and education staff members to …

Logsdon Horticulture Intern  Holden Arboretum  Internship      Opportunity:   The Horticulture & Collections department is seeking a summer intern. The Logsdon Horticulture Intern will rotate through various Rhododendron collections at both the Holden Arboretum campus in Kirtland, OH and the David G. Leach Research Station in Madison, OH to assist in the preparation, installation, maintenance, and renovation of our Rhododendron collections. This position will be exposed to many facets of sustainable landscape maintenance practices in a public garden setting. Logsdon Horticulture Intern will …

Public Programming Education InternHolden Forests & GardensInternship Opportunity: The Education department is seeking an intern to assist with our adult education and public programs at the Holden Arboretum and the Cleveland Botanical Garden. The Public Programming Education Intern will help facilitate a sense of wonder and connection to the natural world for visitors to Holden Forests & Gardens by engaging diverse audiences, researching and sharing information about plants and our collections, working with volunteers and community partners, collaborating with departments …

Ferry Foundation Curation Intern Cleveland Botanical Garden Internship Opportunity:  The Horticulture & Collections department is seeking a summer intern. The Ferry Curation Intern candidate will learn about the facets of curating and documenting a living plant collection in a public garden setting.  In addition, all members of the Holden Forests & Gardens’ (HF&G) intern cohort will have the chance to participate in professional development, such as workshops, scientific lectures, networking, and field trip experiences. All interns will have the opportunity to …

Conservation Intern Holden Arboretum Internship Opportunity:   The Community Forestry & Conservation department is seeking a summer interns. The Conservation Intern candidates will assist with both natural resource management and conservation education and outreach. The Conservation Interns will work with other Holden Forests & Garden Departments with opportunities for cross-training. The Conservation Interns will work closely with other Holden Forests & Gardens’ departments for large project efforts in Urban Forestry, Conservation, and Research. The interns will work closely with other interns in …

Rhododendron Germplasm Intern  David G. Leach Research Station  Internship   Opportunity:      Passionate about plants, botanical gardens, and horticultural research? The David G. Leach Research Station team is seeking a summer intern to assist our Rhododendron germplasm conservation and enhancement program. The Rhododendron Germplasm Intern will be exposed to a wide array of duties at a botanical garden emphasizing the development, care, and use of woody plant collections, especially rhododendrons, for broad scholarship, the nursery industry, and biodiversity conservation. Duties of the Rhododendron Germplasm Intern are …

Research Intern  Holden Arboretum  Internship      Opportunity:   The Research department seeks several Summer Research Interns. Research Interns will spend the summer conducting research at Holden Forests & Gardens (HF&G) within the Arboretum campus’ 3,600 acres of forested land, extensive living plant collections, and high-tech laboratories. Types of skills learned over the summer may include, for example: plant and insect identification; microbial isolation and culturing; extracting, amplifying, and analyzing DNA; thermal and spectral phenotyping, micro-controllers for environmental monitoring. Interns will also learn about experimental design, data …

Thorn Run Partners (TRP), one of the Top 10 lobbying firms in Washington D.C., is seeking a Legislative Intern with an interest in federal policy and politics to aid Thorn Run’s federal lobbyists on projects related to legislative and regulatory analysis, congressional hearing coverage, policy research, letter writing, Capitol Hill outreach, and other tasks as requested. Strong writing, research, and analysis skills are imperative for this position. Thorn Run is looking for a self-starter who is prepared to adapt to …