IGIA HOPE Program
The Illinois Green Industry Association (IGIA) offers the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a wide range of nursery settings. Once a month, from September through February, students visit wholesale nurseries, a retail garden center, the largest horticultural trade show in the Midwest and an educational seminar. This is a wonderful way to put classroom knowledge into practice and gain insight into the nursery industry.
Participants will perform pruning, potting, B&B and other nursery-related tasks, observe various types of nursery businesses and the market niche they serve, and evaluate the nursery industry as a career opportunity.
This three-semester credit internship (non-paid) experience satisfies the Co-op requirement for a degree and related certificates. Students provide their own transportation to each site.
Horticulture Department
College of DuPage
Technical Education Center (TE)
Room 0024
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
For
more information on
IGIA HOPE, call Julia
Fitzpatrick-Cooper at
(630) 942-2526
or e-mail: fitzpatr@cod.edu.
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