Summer Horticultural Intern: Garden & Pollinator Outreach

Sdsoybean; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

The Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls is seeking a Horticultural Intern for a Summer session (May–August). This full-time internship supports butterfly garden, nature playscape, and bird viewing areas while engaging with visitors and volunteers.

Responsibilities include plant identification, pollinator advocacy, coordinating clean-up days, and assisting education staff with outdoor skills programs such as fishing, camping, and hunting, and South Dakota heritage activities.

Qualifications

• Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at the time they apply.
• By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year of their chosen program.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the butterfly garden, nature playscape and bird viewing area.
• Organize butterfly garden plant identification and pollinator advocacy.
• Organize clean-up days with volunteers.
• Assist education staff with outdoor skills programming (fishing, camping, hunting).
• Support South Dakota heritage programs and other nature-based activities.

Education

Currently enrolled as a part-time/full-time student

Job description

The Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls is seeking a Horticultural Intern for a Summer session (May–August). This full-time internship supports butterfly garden, nature playscape, and bird viewing areas while engaging with visitors and volunteers.

Responsibilities include plant identification, pollinator advocacy, coordinating clean-up days, and assisting education staff with outdoor skills programs such as fishing, camping, and hunting, and South Dakota heritage activities.