Internships

Horticulture Internships

Students can routinely search for Internships on the our electronic job board found on the Horticulture Careers page on this website.

• As a profession, horticulture relies heavily on science-based knowledge, coupled with practical skills.

• Many students are drawn to horticulture for the hands-on, experiential aspect of our courses.

• Although not require, an internship is highly recommended. Seek employment opportunities in horticulture-related areas while studying in Athens and during the summers.
  • There are many nurseries, greenhouses, retails stores and UGA research work opportunities in Athens that typically hire our students throughout the year.
  • Many horticulture employers (landscape, nursery and greenhouse companies, botanical gardens, small farms, community gardens) have official internship programs where students are exposed to all aspects of the enterprise and the experience is treated as a true learning experience.
  • Students often use the internship experience as an opportunity to live somewhere different, learn practical skills, and test out potential career paths.
  • Many students do more than one internship, or work experience and use the time to decide the type of work they want to do when they graduate.

• Horticulture internships are different from other fields in that virtually all horticulture internships pay a salary, except some non-profits and global work experiences.

• Students find their own internships to suit their needs, but our faculty have connections throughout the US and world and are available to help our students find a paid internships that are geared to each students interests.
  

Because horticulture is practiced in every part of the country, students are encouraged to seek internship opportunities in places they might want to live, or perhaps a rural wilderness, or urban center of interest. Most horticulture internships offer a fair wage, or if lower wage, room and board, to insure interns do not go in debt to complete a college requirement. For students that are unable to leave their apartment in Athens for an entire summer, there are opportunities to work at the many nurseries, greenhouses and farms in the Athens area, or at our student-run organic farm, UGArden. Please talk to your faculty mentor about opportunities if you do not find any on this website.