Summer Landscaping Internship

Level Green Landscaping; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Level Green Landscaping offers a paid summer internship for active college students in horticulture or related fields. The 10-week program features a structured, rotational experience with mentorship from senior managers to help you explore every role within the branch operations team.

Participants gain hands-on training in management, sales, and estimating, with cross-training through shadowing and a dedicated mentor. The program may lead to full-time opportunities after graduation.

Qualifications

• Must be a currently active college student in horticulture or adjacent major.
• Must be available Monday through Friday.
• Must be capable of outdoor work.
• Must be able to commute to office locations.
• Come with ideas that offer different perspectives to landscaping.

Responsibilities

• Internship is 10 weeks long with cross-training and mentorship across branch operations.
• Rotational experience through branch roles including management, sales, and estimating.
• Opportunity for potential full-time employment after program completion.

Job description

Our paid summer college student internship Program is 10 weeks long and is designed to challenge active college students to learn and prosper in the horticulture field while being mentored by the best of the best in the industry. It’s also a structured, rotational experience designed to provide college students an inside look at every role within the branch operational team. We offer a customized program tailored for each intern that will allow your passion to be discovered within the Landscape industry.

• Locations- Branches in Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia
• In-depth Orientation - A thorough company orientation, which will assist in determining your goals with our company positions
• Cross-training - Job Shadowing with a Branch Manager, Account Manager, and Operations Manager will help you discover your perfect niche and is a great opportunity to learn skills in the different positions within the company
• Mentor Program – Hands‑on experience and exposure to the landscape industry by having one of our managers assigned to you to assist with the learning process, and exposure to the landscape industry
• Management Training - You will gain experience in all aspects of the business, as well as gain technical knowledge, leadership training, business development, presentation skills, project management, account management, branch administration, sales, and estimating

Career Opportunities - After successful completion of your internship, you could become eligible for full-time employment opportunities after graduation.

Level Green Landscaping offers a culture that focuses on the open exchange of ideas, community partnership, commitment to safety, and delivering unrivaled client service while acting as industry leaders in horticultural and environmental services. We are passionate about caring for our clients as we care about each other. Our people thrive in an entrepreneurial, safety-first, and promote-from-within environment, and many of our management and sales staff began as interns who later became full-time employees after completing school.

If you’re looking to join a team of talented and motivated go-getters who love what they do and do the right thing, then you may have found your match! With the range of services that we provide, including landscape enhancements, design, and maintenance, the sky’s the limit to what we can achieve together.

The requirements for the paid internship are as follows:

• Must be a currently active college student attending a university/college in a horticultural field (or an adjacent major).
• Must be available Monday through Friday.
• Must be capable of outdoor work
• Must be able to commute to office locations.
• Come with ideas that will offer different perspectives to the landscaping industry

• This internship is a paid opportunity ranging from ($18-$22 per hour)
• This internship will come with safety training.
• Full-time job opportunity contingent on successful completion of the program.