Offshoots, Inc. seeks a full-time, paid Planting Installation Intern to join our Boston design-build team starting as soon as possible and continuing through midsummer, with the opportunity to stay on longer for the right candidate.
Offshoots is a landscape architecture and horticultural installation practice focused on creating sustainable, ecologically sound landscapes. Daily internship responsibilities will include planting and soils installation, garden maintenance, and other field-based landscape work.
Preferred candidates will have prior outdoor work experience, ideally in landscaping, horticulture, or farming, along with a strong interest in sustainable landscape design. Experience installing trees, shrubs, and other garden materials is strongly preferred. Candidates must be able to lift 70+ lbs consistently and work in varying weather conditions.
Interns will be exposed to sustainable horticultural landscape design techniques and will be trained in the proper installation of plants and garden maintenance practices. An internship with Offshoots could turn into a permanent position with the right candidate.
Please provide a resume and the contact information for (2) professional references.
Our office is located within walking distance to the Orange Line/ Sullivan Square in Charlestown, MA. Workdays are from 6:00am to 3:00pm on weekdays. No weekend or holiday work requirements. If you are interested, please send your resume and work references to Offshoots, Inc. at office@nulloffshootsinc.com and Offshoots Director of Operations Mark Delaney at mdelaney@nulloffshootsinc.com.
About Offshoots: Focused on creating productive landscapes that provide ecological, social, and economic benefits, Offshoots, Inc. is a landscape architecture, planning, and horticultural installation company in Boston. We specialize in the design of highly specific planting schemes that are ecologically connected, integrating phytoremediation systems to uptake and remove pollutants from the environment. Installation projects include residential gardens, public parks, and multi-family housing projects.