Fox is no stranger to working at a garden. He works seasonal jobs at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. With more than 1,100 acres of land, Longwood Gardens has about 10,000 different species of plants compared to Betty Ford’s 3,000.
At Longwood Gardens, Fox has done numerous tasks, from picking weeds to pruning shrubs and identifying plants. At Betty Ford, Fox spent the summer planting, watering and learning how to maintain gardens in a high altitude, alpine environment.
“My internship was focused on saving and showcasing alpine plants,” Fox said. “A lot of Betty Ford Alpine Gardens’ work is conservation based, education based, and showing these plants that can’t really be grown elsewhere in North America.”
The plant and shrub species Fox worked with over the summer, spanned from penstemons to gentians to spruce trees.
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