Garden Ecology Youth Program Coordinator, Bartram’s Garden

Posted by Bartram’s Garden on March 26, 2024

Bartram’s Garden is seeking a full-time Garden Ecology Youth Program Coordinator. Bartram’s Garden is a 50+ acre public garden in Southwest Philadelphia, situated on Lenape territory on the banks of the lower Schuylkill River. It is a venue for art, access to the tidal river and wetlands, an outdoor classroom and a living laboratory. Bartram’s Garden attempts to hold the colonial legacy of the land with a commitment to learn and share the whole truth about the plants of Southwest Philadelphia and the people who grow them.

Since 2012 the Garden has hosted an award-winning, culturally relevant paid youth internship, employing more than 150 local high school students since the program’s inception and maintaining a 4-year high school graduation rate of 95%, in stark contrast to the local school’s 59%. Historically, the Garden has employed roughly 40 local students annually through parallel programs with the Sankofa Community Farm, Roots Tree Crew, and Denkyem River Guardians. Within these programs youth focus not only on technical skills like urban agriculture and watershed health but also on personal development in areas such as public speaking, cultural traditions, and team building.

Bartram’s Garden is looking to add to our current youth programing through the introduction of an incoming Horticulture-focused youth intern cohort. Bartram’s Garden is seeking a program coordinator to recruit and manage a youth intern cohort, as well as support the current Horticulture team in overall garden maintenance and stewardship.

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