Botanic Garden at Smith College, Academics

Work Study & Internships

Summer Kew Internship

Smithsonian Summer Internship

Summer Botanic Garden Internship

Work Study & School Year Internships

Work study positions at the Botanic Garden are popular with students and tend to fill quickly. Positions include: Conservatory assistant, outdoor gardens assistant, curatorial assistant, web designer, label engraver, and office assistant/receptionist.

Internships for the academic year are funded by the Career Development Office as well as the Cary MacRae McDaniel '69 Internship Fund.

For more information, you can download
work-study and internship opportunities and an application form.
Contact Person: Madelaine Zadik

Summer Kew Internship

Students at Jodrell Laboratory at Kew

The Botanic Garden offers two 10-week summer internships at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. The Smith Kew interns receive funding from the Muriel Kohn Pokross (Class of 1934) Student Traveling Fellowships. For more information see Kew Internship.

Summer Internship with the Smithsonian Institution

The Botanic Garden is currently also offering an internship at the National Museum of Natural History, part of the Smithsonian Institution, under the supervision of Dr. W. John Kress, chair of the Botany Department. Projects may include working on computer plant identification systems and the ecological and evolutionary relationships between heliconias and hummingbirds. The internship involves field, lab, and herbarium work.

Intern on a collecting trip in Hawaii

To apply download an
application form.

For more information, read past reports:

2004 and 2005.

Summer Internship at the Botanic Garden

In 2006, the Botanic Garden of Smith College piloted a new summer internship program. Five Smith students and one from the UMass Stockbridge School of Agriculture spent three months as apprentices to the Botanic Garden’s expert staff. This structured work experience provides critical training and insight into the tasks and skills associated with managing a public garden. This internship is situated within a curricular framework, including rotations with staff members, field trips, and individual projects. In 2007, we expanded to 10 students. Please contact Gaby Immerman at gimmerma@smith.edu for more information, or click on the links below.

For more details see the Internship Announcement.
To apply download an application form.