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Community Development and Garden Education Paid Internships

City Blossoms fosters healthy communities through innovative, community-engaging programming and green spaces. Since 2008, City Blossoms has designed, developed, collaborated on, and provided programming or trainings for over 100 projects throughout Washington, DC and nationwide. Through our work with community-based organizations, neighborhood groups, schools, and learnings centers, we serve all people, with a particular focus on low-income communities and Latino, African-American, and immigrant youth. We serve neighborhoods in which children and youth may not otherwise have access to green space

Who You Are:

  • Highly motivated and passionate about gardening, community building, nonprofit work, and working with young people!

  • Opportunity open to college students, someone new to the area, someone with a non-traditional work schedule looking for additional work in their community, those returning to the work force or anyone able to work 20 hours per week Tuesday to Saturday at the City Blossoms Studio (516 Kennedy Street NW, Washington, DC 20011) or at the program site.

  • Available to attend weekly staff meetings held on Tuesday afternoons

  • Spanish speaking skills are highly desired