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Specialty Gardens: A Growing Community Program

County: Piatt, DeWitt, Macon

How about growing a specialty garden this year! Join Master Gardeners to learn how to plan a variety of specialty gardens including salsa, pizza, herb, and tea gardens. Spice up your garden and…

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VCMG Presents: Unusual Tomatoes

and other vegetables for your garden
County: Vermilion

Growing vegetables with unusual colors and shapes is part of the creative process for gardeners. Even your most common vegetables come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Have fun, be creative, and…

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Richland County-SPARK at the Library: Kite Making

Richland County
County: Richland
What ignites your child? Here is a chance to allow them to explore and create something new each month, helping them find their spark. Seven monthly free classes will be held at the Olney Public…
A pollinator garden surrounding a wooden bridge in front of a brick building.

Rend Lake Pollinator Garden Stewardship Day

County: Franklin

University of Illinois Extension is partnering with the US Army Corps of Engineers to provide public pollinator garden stewardship opportunities at the Rend Lake Project Office Visitor Center from…

Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention

Tai Chi at Windsor of Savoy

April Session
County: Champaign

Move with Ease - Discover the Power of Tai Chi!

Experience a gentle yet powerful way to improve your strength, flexibility and balance while reducing pain and fall risk! 

Join…

State 4-H: The Art of Coping

Registration is open!

As the school year ramps up and finals approach, this FREE 4-H virtual workshop gives youth a chance to pause, reset, and build practical stress management skills. Through…

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Backyard Pumpkin Patch

County: Washington, Bond, Clinton, Jefferson, Marion

Join Illinois Extension for a free, hands-on workshop all about creating your own Backyard Pumpkin Patch. Pumpkins may be a fall favorite, but successful harvests start long before autumn arrives…

Shiitake Logs with mushrooms on the tree

Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshop with Down at the Farms

County: McLean
Looking for a low-cost way to diversify your farm's specialty crop production and income stream? Shiitake mushrooms can fetch premium prices at markets, restaurants, through CSAs, or even wholesale,…
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Foods from the Home Kitchen: Illinois Cottage Food Law

County: Piatt, Macon, DeWitt

Start your food business at home as a Cottage Food Operation. In Illinois, certain foods can be made in home kitchens and sold at farmers' markets and other locations. Learn the basics of Illinois…

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Students gather around a log for a chance to use a hand-tool used for maple syrup production.
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Stewardship Week 2026

37th Annual Stewardship Week at Dixon Springs Ag Center
County: Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Pope, Saline, White

University of Illinois Extension is pleased to offer the 37th annual Stewardship Week Program! Open to youth in grades K-6, our goal is to educate students about the management of our natural land…

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College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences Illinois Extension

101 Mumford Hall (MC-710)

1301 W. Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

Email: extension@illinois.edu

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