Let your career bloom.
Our Apprenticeship provides an immersive, educational, hands-on working experience in an unparalleled setting. During this two-year residential program, Apprentices gain skills and knowledge that help their careers in botany, horticulture, and environmental resource management.
Our Apprenticeship positions are filled for 2024/2025 and we are not accepting applications at this time.
About the Apprenticeship
- Apprentices train alongside Jenkins’ horticulture team to learn our unique style of ecological gardening.
- Apprentices spend the bulk of their time out in the gardens doing everything required to grow and maintain our landscape including weeding, pruning, mowing, watering, planting, and more.
- A key part of the Apprenticeship is the design and completion of a unique project that furthers Jenkins’ mission and enhances the gardens for years to come.
- Apprentices receive competitive compensation, on-site housing, benefits, and an educational stipend.
- In addition to working in the garden, Apprentices have opportunities to share their developing skills and expertise with the public through tours, lectures, volunteer management, social media takeovers, and writing articles. Click the links below to see resources, articles, and virtual tours from our former Apprentices:
“You’re on-site [at Jenkins] and you’re in it. Being in America’s Garden Capital, with so many resources and such a large network around you, is really great for creating your own network and your own personal connections with people to see where you want to go after the [Apprenticeship].”
– Heather T., Apprentice 2019-2021
Where are they now?
Apprentices have taken the knowledge, skills, and inspiration they gain at Jenkins into the world in various roles including:
- Community Forester at an urban greening organization
- Project Coordinator at a landscape architecture firm
- Horticulturist at a native plant landscaping company
- Urban Forestry Technician for a consulting arborist
- Head Gardener at a private estate
Get to know the Apprentices.
Watch recordings of past Apprentices sharing about their experiences in the program.
Note: We changed the name of the program from Hamilton Education Fellowship to Hamilton Horticulture Apprenticeship in 2024. Same great program with an updated name to match!
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