[Plsugs] INTERNSHIP - $4000 Garden Club of America

[Quist, Tanya M - (tquist)]

Please consider applying for a $4000 Award in Desert Studies to work with the UA Campus Arboretum, Tucson Botanical Garden, Tohono Chul, or the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum on a project of their choice. More information on the opportunity is found below.

See below and attached for more information on this internship opportunity.

I am the Assistant Director of Horticulture at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.  I am the administrator for the Garden Club of America (GCA) annual Award in Desert Studies  https://www.dbg.org/scholarships .This $4,000 annual award is in the form of a summer internship or research funding for advanced undergraduates as well as graduate students, to promote the study of horticulture, conservation and design in arid landscapes.   The purpose is to give students an opportunity to apply their course study knowledge in a public garden setting while working with garden professionals at a public garden.  This is the fourth year that I have helped administer the award, and the first three years have been tremendously successful for both the DBG and for the students.  However, our challenge has been how to effectively get the word out that this opportunity exists, and can exist in public gardens other than the Desert Botanical Garden community.  So far we have had the most success recruiting local students from our nearby university, but our hope is to make sure that this opportunity is available to any student interested in the study of horticulture, conservation and design in arid landscapes, not just the local students in Phoenix.   I have identified your organization as a possible fit for student participation and would love to have your help in promoting this opportunity in connecting students and public gardens.  I can tell you from experience that this is a wonderful opportunity to recruit emerging talent to your institution and I hope that you can help.   The key is to connect interested students with public gardens to create an internship opportunity.  This requires the pairing up of a university with a public garden in proximity to one another.  If your institution or garden already have these connections then simply making the parties aware of this opportunity is what I am asking.

The deadline for student applications this year is January 15, 2015, so I am hoping that you can get back with me as soon as possible so that we can work together to generate interest for this year.  If there is a more appropriate person to contact within your organization please let me know.  Establishing these contacts this year will help me, as well as your garden, to ensure that this award gets the attention that it needs now and for the future.  Additional information is enclosed.

I look forward to hearing back from you and welcome any and all questions

Kenny Zelov
[DBG_NewLogo_LFT]Assistant Director of Horticulture | Desert Botanical Garden
1201 N. Galvin Parkway | Phoenix, AZ 85008
kzelov at dbg.org<mailto:kzelov at dbg.org> | www.dbg.org<http://www.dbg.org/>
P 480.481.8162  F 480.481.8156

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