
career opportunities
Denver Botanic Gardens is a nonprofit, Equal Opportunity Employer who welcomes people seeking careers or internships. Employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities.
Positions at Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
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Under general supervision this position coordinates and executes a variety of adult and public programs. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to creating and implementing public programs for adult audiences such as formal and informal programs, events, lectures, tours, symposia, and other educational experiences. Adult education program content includes, but is not limited to home gardening, plant crafts or garden arts, biodiversity, conservation, environmental sciences, health and wellness and any other education opportunities offered by Denver Botanic Gardens in their efforts to connect people with plants.
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Under general supervision provides support to Director of Membership, Visitor and Volunteer Services through performing a variety of general administrative tasks in a fast-paced environment.
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Working independently or alongside horticulture staff and volunteers, inventories plants in the conservatory, greenhouses and outdoor gardens at York Street, Chatfield and Mt. Goliath, and catalogs map data digitally in BG-Map, BG-BASE and Auto-CAD. Maintains and keeps Gardens’ Auto-CAD basemap up-to-date through appropriate surveying techniques for both internal and public uses. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, photographing and databasing images of plants, assisting with labeling plants in the gardens, and providing an enriching experience to garden visitors by disseminating information. This position requires working indoors in office conditions as well as in garden conditions outdoors, in greenhouses and in the conservatory.
Positions at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield
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Under general direction of the CSA Produce Grower, this position works in all aspects of small-scale sustainable food production. Job includes but is not limited to: propagation, mulching, weeding, watering, seeding, trellising, harvesting and other on-going tasks associated with vegetable production.
These positions are full-time for 20 weeks. 3 positions are from April 30th - September 14th. 2 positions are from June 18th – October 31st.













