​The Kinship Plot Garden Apprenticeship program exists to pass on knowledge and provide hands-on gardening skills training, earthkeeping, and a vision for land-based community development to the next generation. It is open to ages 16-40. 

Apprenticeship Activities

• Hands-on learning: Organic, sustainable, polyculture principles and practices of gardening, site preparation, planting, soil structure, basics of poultry care

• Ongoing care: Watering, weeding, harvesting, succession planting, organic pesticide control, compost turning

• Data collection: Track crops planted, harvested, and donated

• Contemplative action: Integrate values with cultivation, stewardship and creation care, food and environmental justice, food systems, mutual aid, and food distribution into the community

• Reflection: Writing, social media, reflection on learning

• Assist with fundraising for the Apprenticeship Program

• Participation in other Kinship Plot activities as fitting such as group work days and offerings for the community

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​Skills, qualifications, abilities

• Resonance with the mission and vision of Kinship Plot

• Reliable and trustworthy, with good communication skills

• Interest in learning about food justice, sustainability, and community care through slow cultivation

• Ability to engage in outdoor physical activity in the HOT North Carolina summer

• Must be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 

• Must have reliable transportation

• No previous experience is necessary. This is a learning journey! 

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​Hours, Location, & Stipend

• Apprentices will steward two locations during their internship: The Food Forest in Northeast Charlotte and vegetable gardens currently in West Charlotte. 

• The weeks for the apprenticeship range from Mid-May to mid-August. Apprentices are expected to work at least 12 weeks in that span of time. For applicants navigating school schedules, we can make an exception on the start date and the number of weeks you will work based on your schedule, so don’t let this keep you from applying. 

• The apprenticeship is 8 hours per week and takes place Tuesday and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m .

• The stipend for the apprenticeship is $90/day for each FULL 4-hour shift that you work. The expectation is that you will be there ready to begin by 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise communicated.

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Applications for the 2026 Garden Apprenticeship  are currently closed, but to be notified when the next application process opens, please subscribe to The Plotline.