Gardening Galore

Sure, summertime may seem like it’s forever away, but honestly, our money says that you’ll start to see the crocuses poking their purple little heads up by the end of next month. It’s time to start thinking about that summer garden, so here’s something to get you in the mood. Liza over at Seattle Tilth tells us there’s a host of volunteer and internship opportunities open and waiting for you. No better way to learn your way around the vegetable patch than with the masters:

Volunteer & Intern Opportunities at Seattle Tilth
Build professional and personal skills, meet people, and contribute to the community while volunteering at Seattle Tilth!  Opportunity for school credit. Find out more about our volunteer and intern opportunities on our website or follow the links below.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• Class Assistants: Support class instructors and attend classes for free.
• Children’s Garden Volunteers: Lead kids on educational garden tours. Learn about organic gardening and teaching while having loads of fun.
• Garden Volunteers : Join a crew to help maintain our community learning gardens in north and south Seattle or in Issaquah.
• Master Composter/Soil Builders: Receive in-depth compost education with a team of diverse Seattle residents, then share your valuable knowledge and experience with the wider community.  Applications will be available in late Jan/Feb and due Feb/March.
• Graphic Design Volunteer/Intern: Help create our online and print annual report of 12 pages. Layout and design skill required. Opportunity for school credit. Please send your resume and work sample to:[email protected].

Garden Internships

• Garden Steward Interns: Learn about sustainable landscape management and organic food gardening while practicing leadership skills in one or more of Seattle Tilth’s gardens in north or south Seattle or in Issaquah.

Teaching Internships

• Children’s Garden Teaching Interns – in North Seattle or at the Rainier Beach Learning Garden: Participate in our children’s garden education program while developing your teaching and gardening skills.

• Youth Mentor Intern for Seattle Youth Garden Works: Support homeless and low-income youth in this green jobs training program.
• Youth Outreach & Mentor Intern for Seattle Youth Garden Works: Help us find youth candidates for SYGW and support them in this green jobs training program.
• Adult Education Teaching Intern: Develop teaching skills in this internship if you already understand organic gardening basics.

Administrative Internships

• Marketing Intern: Use your communication skills and help get the word out about Seattle Tilth.
• Children’s Garden Administrative Intern – in North Seattle: Support our children’s garden education programs while gaining administrative experience.
• Volunteer Program Intern: Bring your administrative skills and support our robust volunteer program.
• Administrative Office Intern: Learn about nonprofit organization while developing transferable administrative skills.
• Administrative Intern for Adult Education: Support our organic gardening education program with your administrative skills.

Farm Incubator Intern: Participate in the marketing and distribution, site planning and farmer relations of this job training program for refugees and underserved families in Auburn. Maimai language skills welcome!