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29 people are interested
Jurassic Garden Teen Volunteer Program
ORGANIZATION: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Please visit the new page to apply.
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29 people are interested
Fairchild's Conservation Student Scholar program is looking for new volunteers during our Jurassic Garden exhibit run!
Our normal program allows students to learn about Garden Conservation efforts and educate the public, as well as helping with critical areas of Garden operations. During our Dinosaur exhibit, we are looking for special help!
Opportunities may include, but are not limited to:
Education Stations, Dino Discovery Cart: Stations set up to educate the public about our prehistoric guests!
Dinosaur Tour Guides: Leading guests on a dinosaur adventure!
Wings of the Tropics: Assistance with our exotic butterfly exhibit as per USDA guidelines!
Garden Ambassadors: Ensuring guest, plant, and exhibit safety while upholding COVID-19 safety.
During the school year, this program runs from 10AM-1PM or 1PM-4PM shifts on weekends, and during the summer will have the same shifts from Monday-Sunday. Volunteers must be 14 or older.
For more information, please contact the listed email!
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About Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Location:
10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33156, US
Mission Statement
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's mission is to save tropical plant diversity by exploring, explaining and conserving the world of tropical plants; fundamental to this task is inspiring a greater knowledge and love for plants and gardening so that all can enjoy the beauty and bounty of the tropical world.
Description
Founded in 1938 on an 83 acre site south of Miami, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden gets it name from one of the most famous plant explorers in history, David Fairchild (1869-1954). Fairchild was known for traveling the world in search of useful plants, but he was also an educator and a renowned scientist. At the age of 22, he created the Section of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture, and for the next 37 years he traveled the world in search of plants of potential use to the American people. Fairchild visited every continent in the world (except Antarctica) and brought back hundreds of important plants, including mangos, alfalfa, nectarines, dates, cotton, bamboos, and the flowering cherry trees that grace Washington D.C.
Dr. Fairchild retired to Miami in 1935 and joined a group of passionate plant collectors and horticulturists, including retired accountant Col. Robert H. Montgomery, environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas, County Commisioner Charles Crandon, and landscape architect William Lyman Phillips who were all interested in bringing a one of a kind botanic garden to South Florida. In 1938, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden opened its 83 acres to the public for the first time.
Today, Fairchild is one of the premier conservation and education-based gardens in the world and recognized leader in both Florida and international conservation. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden emphasizes the expansion of plant knowledge through publications, education programs, and research in taxonomy, floristics, conservation biology and ethno-botany. Fairchild plays many roles, including museum, laboratory, learning center and conservation research facility, but it's greatest role is protecting biodiversity, which the garden's scientists, staff, and volunteers all contribute to on a daily basis. In 2012, Fairchild became the home of the American Orchid Society, and opened the state-of-the-art DiMare Science Village, covering more than 25,000 square feet and featuring five buildings including The Clinton Family Conservatory's Wings of the Tropics Exhibit, Glass House Cafe, Windows to the Tropics Conservatory, The Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion and the Kushlan Tropical Plant Science Institute.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
10901 Old Cutler RoadMiami, FL 33156
DATE POSTED
June 13, 2021
SKILLS
- General Education
- Environmental Education
- Botany
- STEM
GOOD FOR
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 14
- Orientation or Training
- We are asking students to commit for the full run of the Jurassic Garden exhibit. If the student would like to continue after the exhibit run, the original CSS program will continue and students can be trained on material.
- We ask for a minimum of 30 hours, or 7 shifts, which can be chosen from the dates and shifts listed throughout the exhibit run.