Perelandra Garden Assistant

Last Updated On: June 19th, 2025 at 08:52AM MST

Contact information

Farm Address:
19534 Clover Hill Rd
Jeffersonton, Virginia, 22724

Primary Contact: Jeannette Edwards
Primary Phone:
    Type: Office
    Number: 540-937-5166
    Email: jedwards@perelandra-ltd.com

Website: https://www.perelandra-ltd.com

Internship information

General Farm Description: Perelandra consists of seventy-seven acres of open fields, meadows and woods in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. Machaelle Wright, the founder has resided at Perelandra since 1973, and has done her research with her nature partner since 1976. Machaelle is a pioneer in nature research. She has dedicated her life to learning about nature from an entirely new perspective and to teaching what she has learned, so anyone may apply the results of her research to their lives. In 1981, as a result of her work, Machaelle established through Perelandra an international outreach and business department to provide the tools for those who wish to include co-creative science in their environment, work and lives.

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: Available Now
Internship Ends: If you're the right fit and love it, it doesn't have to end!
Number of Internship Available: 1
Application Deadline: June 30
Minimum Length of Stay: 6 months

Internship Details:

Perelandra Garden Assistant

This is a part-time, paid position, Mondays through Thursdays, 20-24 hours per week, year-round. Potential for expanded hours and for long-term employment.

This internationally recognized garden is like no other. If you care about the environment, have a deep appreciation for nature, prefer to work outdoors, and have a good sense of humor, you might be just the person we’re looking for.

Our research garden needs a Garden Assistant. You must enjoy working outdoors in all weather, including summer heat and winter cold.
You must also have respect for – but no fear of – wildlife, including snakes, skunks, spiders, an occasional visiting black bear, possums, rogue squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, deer, hawks, bees and frogs.

Since this is a research garden, the assistant must be willing to listen attentively and follow instructions closely, with the understanding this is a different approach to working in nature.

No formal gardening experience or special training is needed. (You’d only have to set all that aside anyway.) But you must like to learn, have good reading and listening skills, know when to ask questions, maintain an organized workspace and follow schedules. It’s a plus if you are just as happy working alone as with others.

And finally, you can’t be afraid of working for a strong woman who uses salty language along with her good sense of humor, and 46 years of experience developing the Perelandra garden research.

This job requires good health and the physical condition to comfortably and safely do strenuous work such as lift 50 lb bags and work in squatting and kneeling positions (because the garden is at ground level). You’ll be mulching, pruning, mowing, trimming, fertilizing, planting, caring for small ponds, repairing borders, weeding, maintaining garden tools and keeping them organized, keeping track of and ordering supplies, filling birdfeeders and birdbaths, and providing any other care the gardens and land may need throughout the year.

You can learn more about Perelandra on our website:
https://www.perelandra-ltd.com

Educational Opportunities: If you are interested, willing to read and ask questions, there is the opportunity to learn a new and unique approach to gardening.

Skills Desired: No formal gardening experience or special training is needed. But you must like to learn, have good reading and listening skills, know when to ask questions, maintain an organized workspace and follow schedules. It's a plus if you are just as happy working alone as with others.

Meals: No.

Stipend: We offer a good weekly salary.

Housing: No.

Preferred method of Contact: email