Section WS T/Th 6:00-9:00 PM
761-3203-CER Tuition : $150.00. Lab fee : $45.00(non-refundable)
WestSide Technical Institute is Located at 2800 South Western Avenue. Chicago,Illinois 60608. A branch of Richard J. Daley College, a City College of Chicago. Contact: Chester Smith 773-843-4550/ chester@smith.as or csmith@CCC.edu
This offering is a 7 week certificate course which covers:
The above is the basic information about the course. Of course these topics are broken down and examined in detail. The style of the Lecturer is Socratic with educated asides in History of Science, Humanities, Ethics, Current events and updates in the "Green Industry". We focus on scientific horticultural theory and applied science, technology. And after we get to know each other we try to have some fun and have a relaxed environment.
Required reading supplied by instructor.
Welcome to the 2001 learning session at Westside Tech. Although it is still cold outside now is the time to prepare for gardening this spring. This session will focus on more "hands-on" work in the greenhouse. A section will be added on Greenhouse Management. 42 hours is the length of the course. So we will have "volunteer time" during the week for those who would like to get more out of their time here.
3.13.01
3.8.01
Well the new session will begin on the 27th. of this month and we only have commitment from:So as of today we have four(4) peep's and we need, at least onemore person.
Now is the time to begin the indoor propagation of your seed. Especially your cool crops. We want to be ready with our garden veggies when things warm up. Our cool crops can be ready as soon as Tom Skilling or Paul Konrad tells us there is no more danger of frost. Actually U can check with the US Weather Bureau. I would recommend our cool crops to start May 15(on or about) and wait to set our warm crops until we can get a stable night temperature of 55°.
Remember to do a soil test. You can test It yourself with kits from Home depot, Sid's greenhouse or K-Mart. Or you can take a sample from 6-12 inches(A Horizon)down and send it to your county extension agent who will help you. Our county agent from the U of I is located at the Ag High School located near 111th. Pulaski (Oh...honors to that day!) Yes we do have a Chicago Public School where you child can get a solid start in the Agricultural Industry, the hidden career money maker.
Much like the child at the last Chicago Public School science fair held here at WSTI. Her research was Why do we talk to plants?Her answer was "...becuase we exhale carbon dioxide and plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen so....we have a recriprocal(sic) relationship with plants..!"
2/10/01
At the present we are doing plant propagation for the spring gardens and indoor landscaping. To that end we have F.benjamini, Alocasia, Gardinia jasmonides and G.vietchii. We have Canna from seed and Gypsopium(cotton) and Tobacco(Wisconsin 38)which may be some type of federal violation, let me know. We also have Coleus X hybridus in crimson and varigated colors. We also have a sport from the varigated variety that is Lime Yellow and has huge leaves. Soon we shall be working on the Memorial Garden at Daley college and the Enterance garden at WSTI.
2/2/02:
INA Apprenticeship Program
Since 1979, the INA Apprenticeship Program has been providing students an opportunity to experience the Nursery Industry with Hands-on approach to prepare them for careers in horticulture Those interested contact Dr.Fredric Miller at Joliet Jr. College 815-280-2740 or e-mail Dr. Miller
1/17/01: Thanks to Bernie Carranza, Maria Padilla for coming in to C the program. Sorry that we did not get enough students registered. The class will not start this time. Perhaps the admin. will put my class in the Continuing Education section at Daley college and people will be able to find the class in the catalog.
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