I am applying for the Horticulture Internship in Biltmore Estate, more specifically as a Rose Garden Intern. This is a position I am highly interested in because as a Landscape Architecture student, I have been learning a lot about horticulture, landscape designs, and historic preservations. Biltmore Estate is a place that is extremely fascinating to me because of its rich history and the preservation practices that are being incorporated now. The preservation of Olmsted’s original ideas using contemporary practices is compelling to me because landscapes and practices mature and change overtime. Overall, I want to work at Biltmore Estate to learn more about horticultural practices from incredible horticulturist, be familiar with different plant/rose cultivars that survive in that specific region, and to engulf the Vanderbilt and Olmsted experience through the landscapes. I hope to gain more knowledge about plant and culture identification as well as learning more about plant design. I believe that it is just as important for Landscape Architects to learn horticulture and plant care because the profession is about incorporating horticulture, design, and ideas. To be a sustainable designer to me, is being able to select plants that will thrive and survive based on various factors, as well as to evoke certain feelings to people. …show more content…
I do acknowledge that plant species and cultivars differ in different regions, but I have a strong general understanding about plant and culture identification. I also learned skills such as proper pruning, grooming, pest management, weed control, and different repair techniques in this class. This class and my professor inspired me to have an emphasis on horticulture within my major. This internship would be a great opportunity for me to incorporate what I have learned in class to real physical