Bailey Nurseries, Inc., West Coast Production

Bailey Nurseries, Inc., a diverse wholesale grower specializing in bare root and container grown fruits and ornamentals, is pleased to announce the continuation of our College Internship Program. This program is designed to provide professional education and hands on experience to college students for 11 weeks. This is paid, on the job training that includes exposure to all phases of bare root and container production.

Specialized internships are also available in Propagation, Plant Health, Soils and Container Production.

Northwest Oregon is a great place to spend a summer, learning practical applications of classroom education. Weekends may be used to enjoy the marvelous recreational opportunities of the Great Northwest.

The West Coast Production Operations consist of five bare root production farms of over 2500 acres, over 150 acres of container production and 8 acres of propagation greenhouses. The well-educated and experienced staff offers each student a variety of opportunities to better focus on future career possibilities.

These internships (a minimum of 6 each year) are open to all students in all agriculture related disciplines, but especially meaningful to Horticulture, Botany, Plant Pathology, Crop and Soil Science and Agricultural Education majors. Preference is given to upper-class students and/or graduates.

For more information, contact Alan Wenner at:

Email: alan.wenner@baileynursery.com

Mail: Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
Attn: Alan Wenner
9855 NW Pike Rd.
Yamhill, OR 97148

Phone: 503-662-3244
Fax: 503-662-3778

Web Site www.baileynursery.com

Cornell Farm, Portland, Oregon

Cornell Farm is located at 8212 SW Barnes Rd., Portland, Oregon.

E-mail or phone the nursery (503) 292-9895 for program details.

Hines Horticulture, Forest Grove, Oregon

Hines Horticulture is looking for an outgoing person interested in furthering their hands-on-learning experience at a horticultural nursery. Advanced horticulture or plant science student preferable. Program runs from mid-June through September (depending on each college/university schedule.)

Download Program Details (13K, PDF)

Iseli Nursery Intern Program

We are wholesale container and field growers of rare and beautiful dwarf conifers, Japanese maples, Living Art®, Matsunami-en® Bonsai and other ornamental trees and shrubs.

Iseli Nursery is committed to providing learning opportunities which promote professional development, with a commitment to create the atmosphere and the means to pursue excellence. Practical training with the company will impart to the trainee quality work experience in the nursery industry through theory and participation in a wide diversity of areas related to plant production and nursery management. The work experience and training we provide will supplement the previous education and experiences of specially selected horticulture students.

Interested students may contact Peter Gregg for more detailed information, at pgregg@iselinursery.com or visit our website at www.iselinursery.com

J. Frank Schmidt & Son Company, Boring, Oregon

The nursery currently operates on 3,000 acres plus an 85-acre container yard, and a 10-acre arboretum. Hands-on experience in all aspects of ornamental and landscape tree production in Oregon is at the heart of the J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. Internship program. The structured horticulture practicum teaches trainees how the company grows premium quality shade, flowering and specialty ornamental trees. Field trips to other nurseries give an overview of nursery production in Oregon. For more information visit the J. Frank Schmidt Web site or contact Veda Keefe via email or phone at (503)512-2294.

Monrovia, Dayton, Oregon

Each year, Monrovia offers students the opportunity to work in production and to learn from experienced craftsmen. This is a hands-on-experience! Work assignments, while varied in nature, will be performed in areas of the greatest need at the time. Time is also scheduled for field trip instruction and in-house seminars that provide interns with further insights into the business. The Spring Program is eleven weeks in length and runs from March to June. The Summer Program is nine weeks in length and runs from June to August.

Visit Monrovia's Web site for more information.

OSU North Willamette Research & Extension Center, Aurora, Oregon

The North Willamette Research and Extension Center provides internships to students wishing to expand their ability to conduct research in nursery crop production. The emphasis is on problem solving, applied research, and communication. By visiting nurseries and attending nursery meetings, students learn the common problems and challenges facing the nursery industry. Applied research experiments are designed at NWREC and at cooperating nurseries. Students practice problem solving through research and experimentation then practice communication skills to deliver the information they've learned to the nursery industry. Each intern conducts his or her own research project, and helps on many more. Students typically work 20 to 40 hours per week. Pay is based on experience.

Visit the program's Web page for details.

The Oregon Garden, Silverton, Oregon

The Oregon Garden is a 503(c)(3) non-profit organization. Applicants with course work or experience in education, horticulture, agriculture and/or biological sciences may apply for spring or fall internships. Application deadline is August 15 for fall and February 15 for spring. Visit their Web site to learn more.

The Oregon Zoo, Portland, Oregon

Join the SPECIES RECOVERY TEAM!

This spring and summer, the Oregon Zoo will be raising thousands of rare, native caterpillars. We will need help everyday with:

• Cutting and washing leaves!
• Washing jars, bins and other supplies!
• Taking notes!
• Compiling notes into computer data!
• Other exciting tasks as they come along!

Check out the zoo’s website: http://www.oregonzoo.org/Intern/conservation.htm. We have extended the deadline. Please sign up for Conservation and Research, with attention to Karen Lewis. For more information contact Mary Jo Andersen MaryJo.Andersen@OregonZoo.org

T&B Nursery

Intern Wanted for T&B Nursery
Management Trainee; Good opportunity for someone who wants to learn the nursery industry from top to bottom. Full-time responsible position. Call Becky at 503.363.3090.

Urban Forestry

Use ArcGIS-based tree inventory software loaded on handheld computers to inventory the street tree canopy in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Download the flyer for the details.

Wet Rock Gardens, Springfield, Oregon

Wet Rock Gardens is looking for self-motivated people interested in an informal hands-on-learning experience on our 10 acre flower farm. We sell some live plant material, however, our current emphasis is cut- flowers at our farm (U-Pick) and at the Saturday Farmer's Market in Eugene. Wet Rock is more like a big display garden than a traditional row-crop'n farm. Volunteers can choose to emphasize horticulture, marketing, maintenance or constructing gardens (working with rocks and blocks). We accept people of any experience level and have almost no cash available as pay. We usually can offer food, a place to sleep/eat/etc. and "camping out" is popular (seasonally).

For more information visit www.wetrock.com or contact Mr. Kelly O'Neill via gardens@wetrock.com or phone at (541)521-8898 (3pm -10pm)