Gardener’s BIG Day is set for a full day, bringing 12 expert presenters to the campus of Spoon River College, Canton IL.
Enjoy a fulfilling day of training sessions, door prizes, and more.

Educate yourself in new methods

• Expand your gardening knowledge
• Experience FUN classes
• Bring your friends and make new ones too
• As you become a better gardener

Plans include:

Keynote - Duane Friend, Extreme Weather in Your Garden

Educational Sessions (participants will get to select three)

• Jennifer Bass, Extension Master Gardener – Prairie plants and their uses by Native Americans and Early Settlers
• Rob Preston – Apple Orchard Pruning/Beekeeping
• Bob Streitmatter, Luthy Botanical Garden – Roses of Luthy Botanical Garden
• Rhonda Ferree – Horticulture Travel: Finding Plants in every Adventure
• Christine Wright – 20 Ways to Use 20 Stems
• Rob Preston – Apple Orchard Pruning/Beekeeping
• Doug Franks, Prairie Dawgs and Extension Master Naturalist – Prairie Installation/Maintenance
• Jeff Kipling, Kipling Lavendar Farm
• Christine Wright – 20 ways to use 20 stems
• Corrine Brown, Illinois Central College – new flowers/AAS selections
• John Curtis, Barefoot Gardens – Key Tools for your home vegetable garden
• Chris Enroth, University of Illinois Extension – Native Plants for Home Landscape

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