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Ben Chamberlain Internship at Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest Maintaining the Holly Collection is an integral part of the arboretum.  The Holly collection contains over 160 different  cultivars of American hollies. In order to keep the hollies in pristine conditions the staff and interns weed and prune the hollies.

The July 14 Wisconsin State Journal story on “Tiny violet a big find for UW-Madison botany legend” featured Ohio University’s Dr. Harvey Ballard talking about his friend and mentor, Dr. Hugh Iltis, who collected the tiny violet specimen named to the top 10 new species list for last year (Top […]

By Nate Schmidt ’13 Environmental and Plant Biology Student, Ohio University Hey everybody, As some of you know, I have been lucky enough to be interning at Bernheim for 12 weeks as a Natural Areas Intern in Clermont, Kentucky. I can’t believe it’s already been over a month. I’ve have […]

By Julian Boaler ’14 Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Hello everyone! I have been very fortunate to be able to take part in a 10 week internship at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida, for the summer (kudos to Dr. Ballard for setting it up)! I’ve […]