Horticulture Club
PURPOSE
The Horticulture Club was established in 1976 as an organization for
students with an interest in the horticulture industry. Students plan
and organize a variety of educational and social activities that enrich
the college experience beyond the classroom and broaden the students’
understanding of the horticulture industry. Through these extracurricular
activities, students are able to fulfill the purposes of the organization.
These purposes include:
- Promoting the profession of Horticulture
- Encouraging learning through experience
- Developing leadership skills
- Establishing relationships among members, other students, educators,
and professional horticulturists
ACTIVITIES
As a member, students plan and organize visits to businesses, arboreta
and botanical gardens, and garden shows. Popular trips have included visits
to Chicago Botanical Garden, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Chicago
Flower Show.
Students also organize a variety of social events as a means to relax
and get to know one another. The Christmas Social and Spring Banquet are
the most popular, but pizza and a ballgame are not far behind.
Members are encouraged to become part of the Student Government Association
and take part in the many leadership development seminars offered by SGA.
Many of the activities are funded in part by sales of plants grown in
the ICC greenhouse and Land Lab.
To view a list of the Hort Club's specific activities for the 2002-03
school year, click here (Word)
(Acrobat).
BENEFITS
Some of the benefits of being part of the Horticulture Club are:
- Developing friendships that last a lifetime
- Improving leadership skills
- Learning to work within a team
- Broadening their knowledge and experience in Horticulture
- Scholarships
– two given directly to participating members
– improved chances towards other horticulture scholarships
The Horticulture Club also serves as the Associated Landscape Contractors
of America (ALCA) student chapter. Officers receive paid membership into
ALCA. Members from the Horticulture Club form the Illinois Central College
ALCA Student Careers Day team, one of the top landscape horticulture competition
teams in the nation.
HOW DO I JOIN?
Any currently enrolled ICC student who is interested in horticulture
(you do not have to be enrolled in the Hort program) may become a member
of the Horticulture Club. If you wish to join, please contact one of the
Horticulture faculty members or stop by the Horticulture Lab near the
ICC main entrance off Route 24.
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