Work Experience Opportunities
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Work experience opportunities range from the greenhouse, farm, and landscape operations to university and private industry research labs, from nonprofit organizations and extension offices to botanical gardens and government agencies and everything in between. It is not our policy to approve work experiences with family members as employees, supervisors, or business owners. While most students find paid work to be the best option you are not required to find paid experience, and many students volunteer.
For more information about hosting a student for an internship opportunity and if you wish to post an opportunity on our list please go here: SUPERVISOR INFORMATION
| Workplace Business Name, Researcher Name | Location |
| Active Learning Program, Community Outreach for Engineering Service Learning Collaboration internship | Gainesville, FL |
| Animal Welfare Institute | Washington, DC |
| Ball Horticultural Company | Chicago, IL |
| Boozer Farms | Thorsby, AL |
| Corteva Agriscience | Lubbock, TX |
| Costa Farms | Miami, FL |
| Emerald Coast Growers | Niceville, FL |
| Excelsa Gardens | Loxahatchee, FL |
| Fast Growing Trees | South Carolina |
| Fat Beet Farm | Tampa, FL |
| FDACS, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences | Gainesville, FL |
| Garden Gate Nursery | Gainesville, FL |
| Golden Hour Hemp | Waldo, FL |
| Green River Preserve | Cedar Mountain, NC |
| Grow Hub | Gainesville, FL |
| Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club | Gainesville, FL |
| Ideas For Us (Fleet Farming Program) | Orlando, FL |
| Kamino Propagation and Research | Newberry, FL |
| Kehe Wholesale Food Distributor | Ft Lauderdale, FL |
| Lacerta Therapeutics | Alachua, FL |
| MTDH LLC | Gainesville, FL |
| NASA DEVELOP | |
| Nevada Conservation Corps-Great Basin Institute | Reno, NV |
| Plant View Nursery | Williston, FL |
| Plantstay | Gainesville, FL |
| Pleasant View Gardens | Loudon, NH |
| Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCCAHS), Dr Sebastian Galindo | Gainesville, FL |
| Speedling Incorporated | Ruskin, FL |
| Sunbay Apartments | Gainesville, FL |
| The Family Garden | Gainesville, FL |
| UF Cancer and Genetics Research Complex, Dr. Jianping Wang | Gainesville, FL |
| UF College of Pharmacy, Erin Berthold | Gainesville, FL |
| UF Environmental Horticulture Club | Gainesville, FL |
| UF Institute on Aging, Dept. of Aging and Geriatric Research, PI Dr. Manini | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Agronomy Crop Biotechnology Lab, Dr. Altpeter | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Assessment of Non-native Plants, Dr. Lieurance | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, Dr. Prince | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Center for Stress Resilient Agriculture, Dr. Rowland | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Center for Stress Resilient Agriculture, Drs. Wilson and Estrada | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Environmental Horticulture, Dr. Hansen De Chapman | Gainesville, FL |
| UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Klein Arboriculture Laboratory, Dr. Klein | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Environmental Horticulture Volatiles Lab, Thomas Colquhoun | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Environmental Horticulture, Dr. Paul Fisher | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Environmental Horticulture - Gómez Lab, Dr. Celina Gómez | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Environmental Horticulture, Dr. Swathi Nadakuduti | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Field and Fork Campus Food Program, Dr. Liebowitz | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Horticulture, Dr. Vance Whitaker | Wimauma, FL |
| UF IFAS Plant Pathology Indian River Research Dr. Liliana Cano | Ft. Pierce, FL |
| UF IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Suwannee Valley | Live Oak, FL |
| UF IFAS Plant Diagnostic Center, Dr. Carrie Harmon | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Plant Pathology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Dr. Goss | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Plant Pathology, Dr. Brantlee Spakes-Richter | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Pollinator Ecology and Conservation Lab, Dr. Mallinger lab | Gainesville, FL |
| UF/IFAS Soil and Water Sciences Martins Lab and Greenhouse, Dr. Martins | Gainesville, FL |
| UF IFAS Soil and Water Sciences, Gabriel Maltais-Landry | Gainesville, FL |
| UGA Department of Plant Pathology, Dr. Robert Kemerait | Tifton, GA |
| Wilmot Botanical Gardens | Gainesville, FL |
| Yellowstone Landscape Company | Durham, NC |
Databases
- North American Association for Environmental Education
- American Phytopathological Society (APS)
- American Public Gardens Association (APGA)
Landscape Industry Careers (via NALP) and Landscape Industry Careers Apprenticeships
Seed Your Future
Specific Internship Program Listings (may or may not be listed in databases above)
- Carnegie Summer Internship in Plant Biology
- Costa Farms Internships
- Danforth Science Center Research Internships
- Longwood Gardens
- UF Extension Internships
- UF Research Internships
- UF Study Abroad Internships
- Yellowstone Landscape
Scholarships, Contests, Awards, etc.
Batson Scholarship: contact the Plant Science Program advisor for details!