INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Grounds Maintenance Number Available:             7 Application Deadline:        April 1, 2008 Duration:                          10-12 weeks Compensation:                  $9.29/hr Housing                            each student is assigned a newly renovated room in our dormitory complex, which now includes heating and air conditioning, common kitchen, lounge, laundry Contact:                                Peter C. Atkins, Assistant Director Telephone:                            516-922-8602 Fax:                                      516-922-8610 Email:                                    peter.atkins@oprhp.state.ny.us Website:                                www.plantingfields.org Send a letter of intent to us stating why you are interested in applying for the internship. The application form and information packet will be provided. Completed applications should include official transcripts, three letters of reference and a resume. Grounds maintenance interns will receive classroom/academic instruction, as well as practical, hands-on experience in all phases of maintenance, landscape design and enhancement of a diverse collection of horticultural plant collections within the 409-acre arboretum. Planting Fields is an intact historic estate designed by the Olmsted Brothers as well as an active arboretum with many unusual greenhouse and hardy plant collections. General duties will include planting, pruning, and watering, weeding, mulching and garden renovation. Other Information: The interns will also help to maintain and enhance many special gardens such as the Dwarf Conifer Garden, Hydrangea Garden, Woodland Garden, Synoptic Garden, Rhododendron Collection and Formal Gardens. All interns are invited to participate in weekly educational field trips to private and public gardens, nurseries and growers on Long Island and the surrounding areas. INTERNSHIP Internships are available with the Curatorial Department of Planting Fields Foundation every spring, summer, and fall semester for undergraduate or graduate students in the following disciplines: anthropology, art history, museum studies, history, education, or a related field. Projects include cataloguing artifacts, developing interpretive materials and exhibits, and organization of archival materials. If you are interested, please contact the Curatorial Department at (516) 922-8684 or collections@plantingfields.org