Visit the IL Extension Master Gardeners at the Aledo Rhubarb Festival on Friday & Saturday, June 3 & 4 to get your gardening and questions answered.

Illinois Extension will also have great resources available at our booth for you to take -  whether it’s landscape aesthetics, sustainable practices, food production, pollinators, or a myriad of other topics.

You can find us located alongside antique, craft and flea market vendors at the Central Park Market both days from 9am-4pm. 

On Saturday, another 100 art and craft vendors will set up shop at Crafts In the Courtyard featuring their unique wares on the lawn of the beautiful Mercer County Courthouse from 9am-4pm.

Historic downtown Aledo will also offer shopping and dining opportunities with a free trolley tour sharing the town’s sites and history. Additionally, there will be children’s activities in the Kid Zone FREE for all the kids to enjoy.

Rhubarb Festival is a celebration of all things rhubarb – from pie to ice cream to soda pop. If it’s rhubarb, it’s here! Aledo’s affinity for rhubarb became official when the town of 3,600 was named the “Rhubarb Capital of Illinois” in 2007 by the State of Illinois’ 95th General Assembly House of Representatives. The unique festival draws thousands of visitors to the Mercer County seat. The festival is easy to find – at the crossroads of Illinois Highways 17 and 94 – at Aledo’s Central Park and the Mercer County Courthouse lawn, and it spills into the streets of historic downtown Aledo.

Get all the details at the Rhubarb Festival Website