Do you scour Google Images and Pinterest for new and creative decorating ideas? Do you have a passion for flower arrangements and interior decorating? Do you want experience on your résumé to help you with a floral design career or retail display jobs? Then RRA wants you to join our holiday decorating team!
Working under the skilled guidance of Deputy Director of Horticulture, Julieanne Frascinella, help prepare for RRA's annual holiday extravaganza. From decorating Wisner Houseinside and outside, creating winter displays in flower pots and garden beds, to creating unique centerpieces and wreaths to sell in our holiday garden shop, you'll have tons of opportunities to unleash your imagination!
Reeves-Reed Arboretum is a non-profit organization located on an historic estate in Summit, NJ, with 13 acres of gardens and woodland trails. As part of our fundraising strategy we will have Breakfast with Santa on December 4 and our very popular Festival of Trees on Sunday, December 12.
Don't miss this awesome opportunity to be a part of Reeves-Reed Arboretum!
What you will get out of this internship:
- Basic and intermediate floral design techniques
- Introduction to "Hortcouture"
- A professional recommendation at the completion of your internship based on performance
Responsibilities:
- Sort and prepare supplies, tools, and decorations
- Workshop set-up and take-down, holiday shop set-up and take-down
- Daily workshop clean-up (scrubbing buckets, sweeping floors, wiping tables, taking out trash, etc.)
- Assist in processing of all fresh materials, including harvesting of fresh materials from Arboretum grounds using proper pruning techniques
- Assist in floral builds, creating centerpieces, decorating wreaths, and other items for sale
- Installation of decorations on grounds
- Assist in customer service during the Festival of Trees
- Tracking sales and price points
Requirements:
- No experience necessary but appreciated
- Ability to be on your feet for long periods of time and to work outdoors in all weather conditions (we'll try to keep you dry!)
- Access to reliable transportation
- Great multi-tasker, innovative, creative thinking, self-motivated
- Outgoing with a good sense of humor (excellent taste in music a bonus!)
- Passion for floral design and an eye for interior decorating and setting a scene
- Handy with a hammer, staple gun, ladder work, as well as pruners, glue guns and spray paint
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Must possess a willingness to work well with others in a respectful manner, and a desire to learn all there is to know about RRA
Time Commitment: Internship spans the fall, with intense concentration immediately following Thanksgiving and early December; moderate time investment in early November, minimal time investment in September and October. Some Sunday work may be required. Interns must be available a minimum of 8-10 hours a week from November 25-December 13.
Compensation: This is an unpaid internship/volunteer opportunity.
Please forward resume and/or portfolio to Julieanne Frascinella at j.frascinella@reeves-reedarboretum.org or contact her at 908-273-8787 ext. 1919 or to Trish Cassin, Volunteer Coordinator at t.cassin@reeves-reedarboretum.org
