Agency Sponsor: Brett Hall, brett@ucsc.edu
If interested, email agency sponsor. This is an unpaid internship.
# of Interns:
- Fall 2025: Hosting 10 interns enrolling in ENVS 84, 83, 183 and 183A/183B
Agency Description:
Our Mission – connecting people with plants
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden displays both scientific and horticultural plants for the purposes of conservation and education, and is an academic support unit, living laboratory, and outdoor classroom that benefits students, researchers, and the community.
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden’s rich and diverse collection contains representatives of more than 300 plant families of Mediterranean climates. The garden maintains collections of rare and threatened plants of unusual scientific interest. Particular specialties are world conifers, primitive angiosperms, and bulb-forming plant families. Large assemblages of plants from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and California natives are displayed on the grounds. Many of the species in these collections are not otherwise available for study in American botanical gardens and arboreta.
Intern Responsibilities:
Adventures in and around the Arboretum. A biogeographical perspective. This internship will offer field trips locally and afar and take a close look at Arboretum gardens and collections. Some project sessions in horticulture will be part of our work as well. 5 unit and 2 unit interns are welcome to apply. Our interns should have excellent participation.
Other Requirements: Follow through on assignments
Intern Shifts:
I will be scheduling a time most in common with applicants availability. My intention is one to two times per week with field trips scheduled through the quarter during the week and weekends where students will also gain their required hours. Not all field trips will accommodate all interns schedules
Location: In the UCSC Arboretum and in the field
Key Words: Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, Ecology/Natural History, Geographic Information System, Plants/Restoration, Political Ecology/Geography