We offer internships to qualified applicants at both the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. With this opportunity, interns gain hands-on experience with professionals in the fields of botany, horticulture, education, marketing, and conservation!
Duration: May 29th – July 26th 2024, 35 hours per week
Stipend: $3000
Location: Fully onsite at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Application Deadline: April 8th, 2024
This internship will emphasize the implementation of educational programing for the FWBG summer camp program, S.E.E.D. Camp. The intern will work alongside the camp director and lead teachers to assist with camp procedures and activities for children in grades PreK-8th Grade. Interns will prepare a presentation to be shared with staff at the end of the program.
Duration: January 29th – May 2024, 10 hours per week (flexible, 10 weeks)
Stipend: $1500
Schedule: Intern will create a regular weekly schedule that fits within 8am-4pm Mon-Fri. Availability on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and/or Fridays preferred.
Location: Fully onsite in the Philecology Herbarium at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Application Deadline: January 21, 2024
This internship is primarily focused on curatorial work, aiding the BRIT Philecology Herbarium. Candidates will be responsible for preparing, barcoding, and imaging specimens. In addition, they will skeletally transcribe the specimens, and will perform other curatorial activities such as repairs with staff supervision.
Duration: January 29th – April 12, 2024 (date range semi-flexible), 10 hours per week
Stipend: $1500
Location: Fully onsite in the Philecology Herbarium at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Application Deadline: January 21, 2024
The “All Asia Thematic Collection Network” is a National Science Foundation-funded effort to digitize underrepresented Asian herbarium collections in the US. This plant conservation internship provides experience curating a natural history collection, including imaging, transcribing, and georeferencing.
Duration: Feb 20th – April 30th 2024, 8 hours per week (80 total)
Stipend: $1000
Location: Fully onsite at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Application Deadline: January 31, 2024
This internship project will emphasize the development and implementation of public engagement initiatives for Goats in the Garden through social media, videos, public programming, or other educational products. The intern will work alongside the Education team to design the project as well as assist with other programs such as Butterflies in the Garden Field trips and the Eclipse family event.
Duration: Feb 19th – May 3rd 2024 (date range semi-flexible), 10 hours per week
Stipend: $1500
Location: Fully onsite at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Application Deadline: January 31, 2024
Gain field experience and contribute to a better understanding of urban land management practices by collecting data before, during, and after a controlled grazing project that will help restore the Native Texas Boardwalk at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN
3220 Botanic Garden Blvd
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
(817) 463-4160
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BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS
We respectfully acknowledge that the Fort Worth Botanic Garden is located on traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples. We honor the ancestry, heritage, and gifts of all Indigenous Peoples who were sustained by these lands and give thanks to them. We are grateful that these lands continue to provide enrichment for many people today. [More…]