Need some farm time? We welcome volunteers who can commit to weekly garden time.
Come join us and get your hands in the dirt.
We are accepting applications for Garden Interns for the 2023 growing season.
Laughing Buck Farm is seeking volunteers and interns for the 2023 growing season. This is a wonderful opportunity for candidates to get hands-on learning experience from seed to harvest, and to have fun in the garden! This is an unpaid internship offered to plant lovers aged 15 and up.
Dates:
Full Season 2023 March – November
Spring Season 2023 February – mid May
Summer Season 2023 June - mid August
Fall Season 2023 August - November
How to apply
Introduce yourself in an email to laughingbuckfarm @ gmail. com, include "Laughing Buck Farm Garden Intern" in the subject line and attach your resume. Applications will be accepted from February until positions are filled.
Responsibilities may include:
Qualifications
About Laughing Buck Farm
We are a small farm located 6 miles north of Colorado State University and Old Town Fort Collins. We have a school garden as well as an extensive herb garden that is used for our farm classes. We have a passion for getting children outside experiencing nature and farm life and involve children and families in working in the garden, caring for livestock (chickens, pigs, goats), horsemanship and horseback riding, as well as seasonal lessons and adventures in nature.
Location
3724 North County Road 13
Fort Collins, CO 80524
www.laughingbuckfarm.com
Please help us spread the word!
"Where we inspire children's love for nature, farming and gardening by connecting with the rhythms of the seasons and learning through hands-on exploration and play, all in an outdoor farm setting. "
Dates:
Full Season 2023 March – November
Spring Season 2023 February – mid May
Summer Season 2023 June - mid August
Fall Season 2023 August - November
How to apply
Introduce yourself in an email to laughingbuckfarm @ gmail. com, include "Laughing Buck Farm Garden Intern" in the subject line and attach your resume. Applications will be accepted from February until positions are filled.
Responsibilities may include:
- Field work including garden planning, soil amending, setting up irrigation, planting, watering, weeding, harvesting, creating value-added products
- Harvesting, drying, and processing culinary and medicinal herbs
- Working with garden manager and other volunteers
- Helping host farm events if desired
Qualifications
- Interest and working knowledge of some or all of the following: farming, homesteading, gardening, horticulture
- Able to commit to a season.
- Flexible and willing to help with a variety of tasks and projects.
- Outgoing and good with people; Good interpersonal communication skills.
- Punctual and dependable.
- Able to take direction and ownership of delegated tasks
- 18 years old or older.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Expanded knowledge and experience of working with families, gardening, farming, agritourism
- If you are a parent, possibility of working alongside your child
- Spend time outdoors in a wonderful farm setting
- Share in garden harvest
- Professional experience
- Knowledge of the local farming community in Fort Collins
- Letters of reference as requested
- Beautiful community
About Laughing Buck Farm
We are a small farm located 6 miles north of Colorado State University and Old Town Fort Collins. We have a school garden as well as an extensive herb garden that is used for our farm classes. We have a passion for getting children outside experiencing nature and farm life and involve children and families in working in the garden, caring for livestock (chickens, pigs, goats), horsemanship and horseback riding, as well as seasonal lessons and adventures in nature.
Location
3724 North County Road 13
Fort Collins, CO 80524
www.laughingbuckfarm.com
Please help us spread the word!
"Where we inspire children's love for nature, farming and gardening by connecting with the rhythms of the seasons and learning through hands-on exploration and play, all in an outdoor farm setting. "
