Youth Horticultural Training Initiative
All intern spots have been filled for 2023. Please check in January for openings in our 2024 intern program.
Through its Youth Horticultural Internship, the Conservancy engages local Yonkers youth in the restoration and stewardship of Untermyer Park and Gardens and exposes them to potential education and career pathways. The program runs in three sessions from March through October and offers paid internships to juniors and seniors in Yonkers public high schools. Working alongside professional gardeners, interns are introduced to fundamental principles of horticulture and environmental conservation. Interns maintain and improve various garden areas and are the primary caretakers of the new Ornamental Vegetable Garden and Orchard, participating in its full life cycle from seed to harvest.
The Conservancy is grateful to the following donors for their support of the program.
Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation
St. Faith’s House Foundation
Westchester Community Foundation
CDBG
Con Edison
The Conservancy is grateful to the following donors for their support of the program.
Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation
St. Faith’s House Foundation
Westchester Community Foundation
CDBG
Con Edison
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2023 Internships
- Are you ready to work hard?
- Are you ready to be outdoors in good weather and bad?
- Are you physically fit?
- Are you ready to get dirty?
- Are you ready to work as part of a team?
- Are you ready to challenge yourself?
- Are you ready to learn and to follow instructions?
- Are you ready to transform overgrown wasteland into lovely garden and woodland areas?
- Are you ready to tend a vegetable garden and raise plants from seed to harvest?
If you are a junior or senior in a Yonkers public high school and are interested in a paid internship that will provide you with practical, hands-on work in the garden, complete the application here: 2023 Internship Application.
In 2023, we will run 3 internship sessions. Session One will run from March 13 to June 3 (3 positions), Session Two will run from Jun 5 to Aug 5 (5 positions), and Session 3 will run from Aug 7 to Oct 14 (5 positions).
Planting the Orchard, with guidance from Timothy Tilghman, Head Gardener.