Horticulture

Horticulture Announcements and Highlights

Four Seasons Gardening Webinars

The Four Seasons Gardening Webinar Series is one of the most popular horticulture programs offered by the Illinois Extension Horticulture Team. Each season, the team hosts three live webinars.

Gardening Helpline

Contact local Master Gardeners with your gardening questions via email, phone or in one of our local Extension offices.

Community Garden Webinar Series

There is a good amount of planning that needs to go into creating a successful community garden. These 14 videos cover a variety of topics to help create and maintain a community garden.

Local Master Gardener Program

We have a thriving Master Gardener program in Fulton, Mason, Peoria, and Tazewell Counties. Learn more about how to become a Master Gardener or learn from a Master Gardener.

Featured Resources

Horticulture Resources by Topic

We've organized our resources into several topical themes to help you dig more deeply into your areas of interest.

Hort Answers

Answers to your top questions about gardening in Illinois

Gardener's Corner Newsletter

Quarterly newsletter highlighting seasonal tips and tricks for gardeners

Illinois Vegetable Garden Guide

Tips for growing some of Illinois' most popular fruits and vegetables

Wildflowers

Learn how to add some wild beauty to your garden or landscape

Watch Your Garden Grow

Learn about how to care for your garden throughout the growing season

Our Rose Garden

Best practices for growing this garden showstopper

U of I Extension Plant Clinic

University of Illinois Plant Clinic provides plant and insect identifiation, diagnosis of disease, insects, and more.

Lead in Garden Soils

Lead in garden soils can pose a serious heal risk. Learn how to test soils and avoid toxicity.

Horticulture Photo Albums

Tazewell County WIC Garden

2020 Illinois Master Gardener Awards

Fulton Volunteer Banquet 2020

Mason Bee Workshop March 2020