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Native Plants Intern needed at Meadowlark Botanical Garden

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Meadowlark Botanical Garden
9750 Meadowlark Gardens Ct, Vienna, VA 22182

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, a NOVA Park, is seeking a paid intern to support its work with native plants and conservation gardening.
Meadowlark has several native plant collections including the Potomac Valley Collection (PVC) and the Virginia Native Wetlands Collection (VNW). The gardens within the PVC are based on biogeography and floristic composition within the Potomac River basin. The VNW includes species that occur within the state as a political unit.
The Native Plants Intern will gain experience:
• Managing and communicating with volunteers;
• Participating in all aspects of horticultural duties-weeding, mulching, planting, propagation;
• Maintaining databases of bloom time, plant records, etc.
This position is a paid, two day a week internship from 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. If interested, please email Keith Tomlinson, Park Manager, at [email protected].

Volunteer at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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9750 Meadowlark Gardens Court
Vienna, VA 22182
Any morning Monday through Thursday

Calling all gardeners! Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, a NOVA Park, needs volunteers to supports its 95 acres of ornamental display gardens and native plant collections for the enjoyment and education of our community.

To volunteer any morning Monday through Thursday in any of the ornamental display gardens:
-Email Tammy Burke at [email protected]

To volunteer Tuesday or Wednesday with native plants (Potomac Valley and Native Wetlands Collections) : Email Keith Tomlinson at [email protected] 

Native Plant Gardener Needed

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Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, VA is seeking a part time Native Plant Gardener. This position oversees gardening work in two main native collections with mulching, weeding and plant care. Ability to assist with signage and identification is helpful. Most time is spent in the Potomac Valley Collection (PVC). The PVC was initiated nearly twenty years ago to support the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). Since that time it has developed into a key educational resource.

The PVC was recently documented in consultation with the Ted Bradley Herbarium at George Mason University. Currently, 82 families, 164 genera and 221 species are cultivated in a natural forest setting with many more in situ taxa present.  Unlike most public garden native plant collections, no selections are used and it features plants found only in the Potomac River basin as a biogeographic province. Full details of cultivated taxa in the collection can be seen at: http://sernecportal.org/portal/checklists/checklist.php?clid=5139&emode=0

The second collection is the Native Virginia Wetland; here they are creating an example of the Great Dismal Swamp around a two acre lake and adjacent woodland. Thirty-five year old bald cypress trees anchor this beautiful space. Many species native to Southeastern Virginia are flourishing in cultivation.

Up to 25 hours a week. Flexible schedule. $12.18 per hour. Deer free environment.
Call Keith Tomlinson for further information 703-255-3631 X 102