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Learn professional gardening skills in a historic estate. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Filoli is a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Formerly a grand 654-acre country place, Filoli is operated today as a public garden, cultural center and nature center.

Adult Education at Filoli: Horticulture ClassesThe wedding place.

The program is designed for students majoring in horticulture, public garden management, landscape maintenance and landscape architecture. Rotate throughout the 16-acre formal garden working two weeks in each area, including the greenhouse area, under the direct supervision of a lead horticulturist. Interns are taught techniques of planting, watering, hedging, fertilizing, mowing, pruning, etc. They are also taught to operate power equipment, use hand tools, and are required to learn garden and greenhouse plants, weeds and native plants. They are tested on these subjects at the end of the program. Interns (10 weeks) and apprentices (6-12 months) are paid $8.00 per hour and may earn college credits. Work hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Contact

For more information,
contact Lucy Tolmach,
Director of Horticulture:
Email
ltolmach@filoli.org
Phone
(650) 364-8300
extension 214
Fax
(650) 366-7836
Mail
86 Cañada Road
Woodside, CA 94062

Learn More

Program Schedule for 2012

2012 Internships (10 weeks)
Winter: January 3, 2012 through March 9, 2012
Spring: March 19, 2012 through May 25, 2012
Summer: June 4, 2012 through August 10, 2012
Fall: September 17, 2012 through November 23, 2012

2012 Apprenticeships (6 months)
Winter: January 3, 2012 through June 29, 2012
Spring: March 19, 2012 through September 14, 2012
Summer: June 4, 2012 through November 30, 2012
Fall: September 17, 2012 through March 15, 2013

How to Apply

Complete a program application (27k PDF) and submit with items listed below.

Internships
Cover letter, transcripts and three letters of recommendation. Please state the preferred program schedule.

Apprenticeships
The procedures are the same as for the intern application. Please state the preferred program schedule. Apprentices are required to do an independent project in addition to rotating throughout the garden areas.

Deadline for Application
We receive and process applications for the garden internship and apprenticeship programs year-round. Since we have a limited number of spaces for each program, we recommend that students apply at least one month before the start date of the internship/apprenticeship.