Download - Garden internship 2015

PAID SUMMER GARDEN INTERNSHIP on 1-acre Edible Landscape

Cache-Soil-To-Table—a not-for-profit project of local business, Nutritional Solutions—has a 1-acre Edible Landscape in North Logan, UT, now 12 years ongoing. We use only non-toxic, sustainable/

regenerative, organic/ biodynamic and permaculture methods.

Some features of our landscape:• Our “food forest” has over 75 varieties of fruits & nuts, including many rare, unusual and heirloom

varieties, all planted within a professionally designed landscape (design by Kirk Wilcox of The Greenhouse)

• Hoop house (12x16’) constructed on-site, for 4-season gardening • Large garden of heirloom & open-pollinated vegetables • Edible flowers, native & xeriscape plantings • Culinary and medicinal herbs • Pond & waterfalls to provide habitat • Active vermiculture bins • Rabbits and Cayuga ducks for increased fertility • Experimental hugelkulture bed • Large library of books on gardening, landscaping, permaculture

New projects this year: sheet mulching; adding an understory of perennial vegetables to the orchard; rainwater harvesting and swale building; setting up an on-site nursery

The position involves: (hands-on training will be provided) • Building soil fertility, cover crops, composting, sheet mulching • Planning garden rotation, seed starting, succession planting • Weeding, mulching, weeding, watering & weeding • Fruit tree management: training/pruning, fruit thinning, harvesting

and preservation• Plant propagation & seed saving • Preparation for and hosting our annual, end-of-summer Garden Tour

& Orchard Party

You might be the candidate we’re seeking if... • This position fits your career goals and interests • You’re passionate about working outdoors, sustainability, the local

food and “Slow Food” movements, learning about edible landscaping

• You have some experience in the garden or with permaculture • You might be interested in developing a research project as part of

your internship (optional)

This is a paid internship ($8/hr plus a share of harvests & eggs, plus the chance to be mentored and learn from a successful system). You may be able to earn school credits, and will receive a letter of reference upon completion. The position is part-time (15-20 hr/wk), flexible schedule.

TO APPLY: Send letter of inquiry, details of prior experience, and availability to: Jeanne Wallace, PhD, at [email protected].

PAID SUMMER GARDEN INTERNSHIPon 1-acre Edible Landscape

Cache-Soil-To-Table—a not-for-profit project of local business, Nutritional Solutions—has a 1-acre Edible Landscape in North Logan, UT, now 10 years old. We use only non-toxic, sustainable, organic/biodynamic methods. Some features of our landscape:• Our “food forest” has over 75 varieties of fruits & nuts, including

many rare, unusual and heirloom varieties, all planted within a professionally designed landscape (design by Kirk Wilcox of The Greenhouse)

• Hoop house (12x16’) constructed on-site, used for 4-season gardening

• Large garden of heirloom & open-pollinated vegetables• Edible flowers, native & xeriscape plantings• Culinary and medicinal herbs• Pond & waterfalls to provide habitat• Active vermiculture bins• Experimental hugelkulture bed• Large library of books on gardening, landscaping, permaculture,

homesteading• New projects this year: rainwater harvesting; raising ducks for eggs

and increased fertility (“duck-aponics”); growing mushrooms

This internship position involves: (hands-on training will be provided)• Building soil fertility, cover crops, composting• Weeding, mulching, weeding, watering & weeding• Fruit tree management: pruning, fruit thinning, harvesting• Planning garden rotation, seed starting, succession planting• Plant propagation & seed saving• Preparation for and hosting of our annual, end-of-summer Garden

Tour

You might be the candidate we’re seeking if... • This position fits your career goals and interests• You’re passionate about working outdoors, sustainability, the local

food and “Slow Food” movements, learning about edible landscaping

• You have some experience in the garden (must be able to identify common weeds!)• You might be interest in developing a research project as part of your internship (optional). Last

year’s intern compared the efficacy of various non-toxic methods of grass/weed suppression (from “non-toxic” sprays to sheet mulching).

This is a paid internship ($8-9/hr based on experience, plus a healthy share of harvests). You may be able to earn school credits, and will be earn a letter of reference upon completion. The position is part-time (20-24hr/wk).

TO APPLY: Send letter of inquiry and details of any prior experience to: Jeanne Wallace, [email protected] or fax (435) 538-8058.

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