Magnolia offering two internships at French gardens

March 10, 2015

CHARLESTON, SC – Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is accepting applications for two horticulture internships at French gardens in the summer of 2015.

The program is open to college students who are American citizens enrolled in an accredited two- or four-year horticulture or landscape architecture program at a U.S. college or university. The students will intern at French gardens from mid-June to late August.

Magnolia sponsors the internship with the New York-based French Heritage Society. The internship program also receives support from the City of North Charleston, the Michaux Garden Committee and the Charleston chapter of the Alliance Francaise.

The deadline to apply is March 31. Interns will be selected in April. Applicants must send a cover letter, a 500-word essay stating their reason for applying, three letters of recommendation and a resume to Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, 3550 Ashley River Road, Charleston, S.C. 29414, to the attention of Herb Frazier. Some proficiency in French is a plus. Selection also will be based on interviews with members of the Magnolia staff and Alliance Francaise.

Former participants and their internship year are: Katherine Reeves, Trident Technical College, 2011; Caroline Broder, University of Georgia, 2012; Dana Reynolds, North Carolina State University, 2013; and Ruth Morgan, Alamance Community College in Graham, N.C., 2014.