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Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an urban botanic garden that connects people to the world of plants, fostering delight and curiosity while inspiring an appreciation and sense of stewardship of the environment. In the Garden, in its community, and well beyond, BBG inspires people of all ages through the conservation, display, and enjoyment of plants; with educational programs that emphasize learning by doing; and with research focused on understanding and conserving regional plants and plant communities.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Reasonable Accommodation
Brooklyn Botanic Garden provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations are also available for these individuals during the hiring process. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our positions. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. Should you require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process, please email [email protected].
Executive Search: Chief Development Officer and Vice President of Development
Brooklyn Botanic Garden seeks a Chief Development Officer (CDO) to work in collaboration with the President and CEO, senior management, and the board to set an ambitious and achievable development strategy for the organization in its next chapter. The ideal candidate is a dynamic fundraiser with a proven track record in securing major gifts and running capital campaigns, a strategic leader who can elevate BBG’s fundraising approach, and an inspirational communicator capable of galvanizing the BBG community.
Teen Internship
Garden Apprentice Program for Teens
The Garden Apprentice Program (GAP) at Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a great way for teens to learn about urban agriculture and the environment while developing job skills, including teamwork, communication, and responsibility. Apprentices make a nine-month commitment to GAP, from March to November. Tier 4 apprentices earn an hourly wage. Applications are due in December for the following year's program.
Children’s Garden Education Fellowship
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Children’s Garden Education Fellowship program prepares early-career environmental educators for positions in the field. Education Fellows spend the growing season in BBG’s Children’s Garden, teaching young people to grow, harvest, and cook their own food, care for the environment, and explore the natural world. Applications open in December for the following growing season (March–early November).
Children’s Garden Education Fellowship >