a month long internship with The National Wildflower Centre 
placed in a variety of projects, learning new skills in each

Placement

Ecology, Conservation, Horticulture

Millenium Seed Bank
Collection of rare Cornish provenance wildflower seeds for storage within The Millenium Seed Bank
Illecebrum Verticillatum collection from wild, handling of exceptionally rare and delicate plant material

Horticultural Therapy
Working within horticultural therapy garden alongside those seeking respite through growing  

Rare Juniper
The Lizard Juniper is an exceptionally rare juniper found only in one place in Cornwall
Collecting samples and surveying population health in the field

The National Wildflower Centre

understanding the farming of living seed banks, sown from Cornish provenance seed
used in re-wilding projects around the country