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Horticulture Program Assistant

The Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run seeks an intern interested in horticulture at a living history museum. The Horticulture Program produces plants for use on the historic site and for sale to the public.

The Claude Moore Colonial Farm portrays family life on a small, low-income farm just prior to the Revolutionary War. This privately operated National Park, located just outside of Washington, DC, has served more than one million visitors during its 35 years of operation. The Farm educates the public about the history of American agriculture through visitors' active participation and involvement in the eighteenth-century farm site and associated educational programs.

Specific duties will include:

• Help manage a small production greenhouse facility (3 greenhouses totaling 1150 sq. ft. with 14 x 28 attached head house) to produce the plants for both the historic site and for sale to the public.
• Work with sales, display and marketing in new garden sales area.
• Maintain custom propagation database in Access and update authored plants in Horticopia Professional software.
• Supervise volunteers in accomplishing the above tasks.
  

Commitment:
One full or two part-time internships are available for the Spring, Summer and Fall semesters.

Compensation:
Interns will be paid a salary stipend. The salary will be treated as income to the intern, subject to FICA and income taxes.

Interested persons should send a cover letter stating which internship you are interested in, references and a resume to:

Claude Moore Colonial Farm
Attn: Internship Program
6310 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101

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