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Holidays with a Healthy Twist: Sneaking Fiber into the fun

November 13, 2025

County

LaSalle

Back on Track - Diabetes Support Group

November 13, 2025

County

LaSalle

Holiday Air Plant Ornament Workshop

December 10, 2025

County

LaSalle

Illinois Centennial Soil Archive

January 13, 2026

County

Putnam

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October 30, 2025

Master Naturalists connect through community and conservation at annual conference
OGLESBY, Ill. — Of all the state parks in Illinois, Starved Rock has the most visitors, and this October, it also welcomed University of Illinois Extension’s Master Naturalists to explore and learn together. Against a backdrop of migrating pelicans floating in the Illinois River at the base...

Learn Grow Share 4-H Club members posing as a group, some sitting on pumpkins or holding a pumpkin

October 17, 2025

Learn Grow Share SPIN Club Wraps Up 2025 Season with 742 lbs Harvest, Blessing Boxes, and a Family Celebration
HENRY, Ill.  The Learn Grow Share SPIN Club, led by Bethany Harrison in collaboration with Marshall-Putnam 4-H, concluded its 2025 growing season with a festive family cookout and pumpkin harvest. The event celebrated a year of hard work, education, and giving back—...

Master Gardeners looking at landscape simulation technology

September 16, 2025

2025 Master Gardener Conference celebrates 50 years of growth, connection  
URBANA, Ill. — Some moments of legacy are written down, others branch off the page beneath the canopy of a shady tree, in the scent of fresh herbs rubbed between fingertips, through butterfly-sculpted glass...

Jovanny Castaneda, Hallan Brady, and Derek Hornick pose in front of their garden

September 8, 2025

Master Gardeners Bring Tomato Workshop to LaSalle County Jail
OTTAWA, Ill. - This summer, the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener program brought its ‘Tomato Troubles’ workshop to the LaSalle County Jail. With a new garden in its first year, the project has given inmates in the drug treatment program a...

August 12, 2025

Explore practical approaches to supporting mental health within the agricultural community
URBANA, Ill. — Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural workers face unique stressors that can take a serious toll on their mental health, often at higher rates than the general population. To address these challenges, University of Illinois Extension...

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