The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Horticulture Department offers a variety of summer internships where you can learn and grow your love for plants.
Botanical Interpreter Internship – Work with the Horticulture Volunteers’ visitor engagement activities, an interpretive program highlighting the relationships between plants and animals. Also work with the Horticulture Volunteens (a.k.a. The Buzz Troop) in monitoring plant and insect pollination throughout the Zoo’s gardens.
Plant Trials Internship- Help out with the management of the Zoo’s annual plants. Responsibilities include propagation, nursery work, installation and maintenance of plants, record keeping, labeling, etc.
EcOhio Wetland Native Plant Internship – Be a part of the Zoo’s Native Plant Program. Planting, propagation by seed, cuttings, irrigation, nursery work, maintenance of container material, record keeping, land management, invasive species removal, seed collection, species monitoring – this position is located off Zoo grounds at our Boyer Farm wetland facility.
Landscape Maintenance Internship – This position has a variety of responsibilities covering all aspects of landscape and exhibit installation and maintenance. Interns may also be involved in record keeping and labeling of plant material.