Raemelton Farm is seeking an energetic production nursery summer intern!

 We are looking for a person interested in starting a career in production horticulture and someone at or nearing the end of their academic work. This is the perfect internship for an undergrad entering their final year or a recent grad looking for a foot-in-the-door opportunity. Education or experience in horticulture, farming, or related field is important. This internship will expose you to cutting edge nursery production techniques and technologies. You’ll learn about our innovative crop rotation system, in-row cover cropping, advanced drip irrigation management, and operation of the nation’s first USDA Certified ORGANIC nursery. This position will support all aspects of nursery operations. Think Swiss Army Knife. Specific duties include (but are certainly not limited to): General farm management (tilling, mowing, fixing things etc.); Planting and caring for thousands and thousands of trees; Supporting our Integrated Pest and Weed Management programs; Operating a range of farm equipment — tractors, loaders, specialty machines; Supporting sales and marketing staff with inventory management, farm tours, and order processing; and Assist with development of some of the most innovative, progressive, and sustainable nursery production techniques anywhere...seriously. The position is full time, requires you to work (it IS a job), and you’ll be outside most of the time (duh.) This internship requires physical labor, ability to safely operate equipment, and a tolerance for all (ALL) environmental conditions. This is a paid internship: $15/hr. Timing is flexible but the internship is generally expected to run from May through August. Please email your resume and letter to: Steve@Raemelton.com

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Raemelton Farm is a wholesale grower of landscape ready 2’’-4’’ B&B shade, flowering, and evergreen trees and large shrubs for the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern landscape industry. The farm’s diverse product line, of more than 300 types of trees and shrubs, features hardy plants of multi-season appeal and cultivars with increased pest and disease resistance. In 2015 Raemelton became the nation’s

FIRST AND ONLY USDA Certified ORGANIC field production nursery. Situated on 185 acres of prime farmland in Frederick County, Maryland, Raemelton Farm is continuing the region’s proud agricultural tradition.