{"id":60842,"date":"2026-09-03T12:16:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=60842"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:16:44","slug":"internship-garden-internship-occidental-arts-ecology-center-occidental-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/internship-garden-internship-occidental-arts-ecology-center-occidental-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship: Garden Internship: Occidental Arts &amp; Ecology Center (Occidental, CA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-image  page-header-image-single \">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption fsmcfi-fig featured\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full perfmatters-lazy entered pmloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-src=\"https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/109_OAEC_Made_Local_03262024_paigegreen-350x233.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore the world of organic gardening through OAEC\u2019s annual Garden Internship in our over 50-year-old biointensive gardens\u2014a rich setting for experiential learning. Work closely with our Garden Manager, engaging in all aspects of gardening. We are looking for passionate individuals eager to dive into small-scale food and flower production, helping us curate abundant, thriving gardens for our community and retreat guests. Many of our past interns have gone on to achieve leadership roles in farming and gardening. Join us for a transformative experience!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Typical Tasks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work in the Gardens can be both repetitive and varied. Here are the typical tasks Garden Interns regularly engage in:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Garden bed turnover and planting<\/li>\n<li>Plant propagation and greenhouse work<\/li>\n<li>Compost pile building and food waste management<\/li>\n<li>Irrigation<\/li>\n<li>Rodent trapping<\/li>\n<li>Weed management<\/li>\n<li>Harvesting<\/li>\n<li>General garden maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Facilitating group activities with weekly volunteers<\/li>\n<li>OAEC Nursery and Plant Sale assistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Physical stamina is a must! This internship involves lots of manual labor. We work outside, rain or shine.<\/li>\n<li>An excitement and desire to learn gardening through hands-on experience is essential.<\/li>\n<li>Prior garden or farming experience is helpful but not necessary.<\/li>\n<li>We are looking for motivated, self-starting people who are comfortable working alone and in groups.<\/li>\n<li>Garden Interns work closely with Garden Volunteers. A strong interest to develop management skills by facilitating group work activities is essential.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>We encourage garden internship applicants to attend a Garden <a href=\"https:\/\/oaec.org\/events\/volunteer-days\/\">Volunteer Day <\/a>at OAEC. This is a great way to meet us, see the gardens, and get a feel for the work, especially if you\u2019ve never been here before. On the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdC0k-HFcmhYPI-S9AZQKhXnXzvCCq77_62UauAVjMyXYQ7zQ\/viewform\">RSVP<\/a> page, please indicate that you are applying to the garden internship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/oaec.bamboohr.com\/careers\/37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply for Garden Internship!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Applications for 2027 internships open on September 1st, 2026, and close at 5pm on October 16th, 2026.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15278 perfmatters-lazy entered pmloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024-1024x768.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024-547x410.jpg 547w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024-325x244.jpg 325w, https:\/\/oaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5024.jpg 1800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11259,"featured_media":34096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18,1411],"tags":[540,4,423,901,32,36,33,13,9],"class_list":["post-60842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-full-time","category-internships","category-thesis","tag-agriculture","tag-alumni","tag-botany","tag-environmental-studies","tag-full-time","tag-internship","tag-jobs","tag-recent-grads","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60843,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60842\/revisions\/60843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}