INA Hope Program
The Illinois Nurserymen’s Association Apprenticeship Program offers the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a wide range of nursery settings. Once a month, from September through March, 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 3-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.
For More Information
For more information on any of these events, or if you would like to be
put on our mailing list notifying you of sales and events, call (630)
942-3806 or send us your e-mail at britte@cdnet.cod.edu.
Horticulture Department
College of DuPage
Building K, Room 109
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
For more information on INA Hope, call Julia Fitzpatrick-Cooper at (630) 942-2526, or e-mail: fitzpatr@cod.edu
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