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Growing your own food can be an incredibly rewarding experience. But there’s more to it than tossing some seeds in the ground. Whether it’s your first-year gardening or you’ve been growing for decades a gardener is always learning. Illinois Extension has done the research for you and presents these easy-to-understand steps for planting, harvesting, cooking, and preserving your garden's harvest.
Vegetables | Plants & Flowers | Herbs | Soil | Lawns | Grasses | Info Sheet Collection
Our Master Gardener Help Desks are open March to October in DuPage, Kane, and Kendall counties. Each growing season, trained volunteers field questions from fellow residents on trees, shrubs, lawns, flowers, vegetables, and other plant-related topics. In 2022, across the tri-county area, Master Gardeners answered more than 1,000 help requests and logged 16,889 hours through service projects in our communities.
Hours: Monday through Friday | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hours for March & October: Monday-Wednesday-Friday | 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Hours for April-September: Monday through Friday | 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Hours: Monday-Wednesday-Friday | 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.