They are supported jointly by the U.S. National Arboretum and the Friends of the National Arboretum. Educational opportunities include experience working with the professional staff in national programs and working on an independent project related to the Arboretum.
Interns also participate in regularly scheduled field trips and lectures.
College credit, may be arranged by the intern. Housing is not provided. This collection's dramatic landscape features plants collected from the rich floras of China, Japan, and Korea. Intern gains hands-on gardening and maintenance experience throughout the Asian Collection's extensive plantings as well as greenhouse and plant inventory upkeep. The conifer collections comprise some 20 acres and include the Gotelli Collection of Dwarf and Slow Growing Conifers, the Watnong Collection of dwarf pines, and species plantings.