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Vegetable Gardening Made Easy: Blueprint to Gardening & Planning & Prepping

Vegetable Gardening Made Easy: Blueprint to Gardening & Planning & Prepping
Event Date(s)
Location
Online webinar
County
Rock Island

University of Illinois Extension horticulture experts have teamed up with the Rock Island Public Library to offer free presentations via ZOOM on a wide variety of vegetable gardening topics. Illinois Extension Master Gardeners will be on hand during the call to answer your related gardening questions.

It's a great way to learn more about gardening basics. Did you know the Rock Island Library has a Seed Library? You can check out FREE seeds to use at home. These presentations will help you learn the basics of growing and utilizing your seeds!

Here's what's planned - take any that interest you!

March 22 / 10 a.m. / Blueprint to Gardening & Planning & Prepping
Explore how you can go about planning your garden and different techniques that are used to plant gardens.

March 24/ 10 a.m. / Cool Season Vegetables & Warm Season Vegetables
Learn about the different types of vegetables that are commonly grown in gardens and the basics on how to grow them

March 29 / 10 a.m. / Hardening off and Transplanting & General Care
Discover how to prep seedlings that you grew indoors for being transplanted outdoors as well as basic garden care, including watering and fertilizing.

March 31 / 10 a.m / Pest control considerations, and tips to garden safely followed by a final Q&A session 

For more information, or if you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this program, please contact program organizer Tracy Jo Mulliken at tmully@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting your access needs.