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Core Curriculum

In addition to your regular duties, the interns participate in weekly afternoon seminars and field trips and they staff the Arboretum Plant Clinic.  

During the year-long program, the interns are also enrolled and will receive graduate level credit for “Issues in Arboretum Management I and II” through the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Weekly seminars and practical sessions

Tree ClimbingWeekly seminars and practical sessions: these afternoon sessions allow the interns to interact with Arboretum staff and other professionals from various botanical gardens and arboreta.  Session topics are diverse and have included:
  • The basics of beekeeping
  • History of plant exploration
  • Tree climbing basics
  • Propagation by seeds and cutting
  • Diseases of pest and ornamental plants
  • Winter botany

 

 

Field Trips

Field TripPartial or full-day trips provide interns with comparisons of the operations of other managed public landscapes and natural areas.  Recent trips include:
  • The Highline
  • Bartram’s Garden
  • Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Chanticleer Gardens
  • Beneficial Insect Research Lab
  • Wave Hill
  • Brooklyn Botanical Garden
  • New York Botanical Garden
  • Mt. Cuba Center for the Study of Piedmont Flora
  • Island Beach State Park
  • Reeves-Reed Arboretum
  • Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Plant Clinic

Plant Clinic
Staffed by interns, the Plant Clinic provides the opportunity to assist the public in diagnosing plant pests and disease inquiries as well as plant identification and general horticulture questions.

Issues in Arboretum Management I and II