Garden Museum seeks second intern
29 July 2010
A second horticultural intern is to have the chance to spend a year working with the Garden Museum in London, both on the museum’s own gardens and also with top-level designers and gardeners around the country.
Last year’s intern, Matthew Collins, lists highlights of his year as the day he spent shadowing leading designer Tom Stuart-Smith, and the opportunity to help Mark Gregory build his gold medal-winning garden for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Matthew was also put in charge of designing and planting a large showcase border outside the museum to reflect exhibitions taking place during the year. Designs included an edible garden created for The Good Life exhibition and a border in the style of Christopher Lloyd’s garden at Great Dixter, East Sussex, in consultation with Dixter’s head gardener Fergus Garrett.
"There’s been lots of responsibility and a lot of freedom," he said. "You learn very quickly - it’s been my first genuine opportunity to run a garden. You’re working under supervision, but it’s almost as if you’re coming off the starting blocks straight into managing a garden properly."
Applications for this year's internship close on 20 August with interviews in early September.