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Compost Giveaway Saturday May 2nd

Compost Giveaway

McHenry County
County: McHenry

Shovels provided, bring your own buckets.
Limit 20 gallons per household. 
Celebrate International Compost Awareness Week with us. Add compost to your vegetable garden, flower beds, or…

Dairy cow with 4-H clover and event title: Dairy Cattle Judging Contest

4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest

The Quincy Middle FFA Chapter and 4-H in Adams, Brown, Hancock, Pike, and Schuyler counties would like to invite you to attend the Section 11 FFA and 4 H-Dairy Cattle Judging…

girl riding a horse in an arena, wearing a helmet, with someone in the background moving a fence

Horse Fun Day

Edwards County
County: Edwards

Saddle up for a morning of riding horses with friends! Participants can expect to learn more about their horse, the 4-H horse project, and to have fun playing games while riding. 

Robotics competitors gather around a table.

State 4-H Robotics Competition

Registration is open!

The Illinois 4-H State Robotics Competition is a statewide STEM event where youth enrolled in 4-H robotics programs come together to design, build, and program robots as teams…

A variety of plants in plastic containers being displayed outside. Illinois Master Gardener logo in middle.

Master Gardener Plant Sale - Christian

Christian County
County: Christian

Christian County Master Gardeners will host a plant sale in the back parking lot of the Christian County Extension Office. Shop a wide variety of perennials, native plants, house plants, trees,…

field of animals

4-H Animal Clinic & YQCA Training

County: Bond, Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, Washington

Animal Clinic and YQCA Training

7:30 a.m. - Check-in open8 a.m. - Rabbits9 a.m. - Poultry10 a.m. - Beef, Swine, Dairy, & Sheep11 a.m. - Beef, Swine, Dairy, & GoatNoon - Lunch & YQCA…
Children wearing hard hats and tool belts posing as construction workers. The 4-H logo is in the top left corner.

Construct and Create Cloverbud Workshop

County: Montgomery
Come build, create, and play with the Montgomery County Youth Leadership Team!
 Our Youth Leadership Team is hosting a fun-filled, construction-themed adventure just for Cloverbud youth. This…

Wild plum trees are blooming in the forest at Owsley Wildlands.

Conservation Tours

Owsley Wildlands Forest Tour
County: McDonough
Create healthy forests while building a connection to the land.

Our woodlands are in trouble. In areas too small to farm or too rugged to clear, forests are becoming overwhelmed by invasive plants…

wildflowers

Spring Wildflower Hike

Sandy Ford Land & Water Reserve
County: LaSalle

Explore the beauty of spring wildflowers on a series of guided hikes at natural areas around LaSalle County. Spring ephemeral wildflowers can only be viewed for a brief period of time, between the…

A brain holding a lightbulb with "Hold that thought."

Hold That Thought: Explore Strategies for Forgetfulness

County: Williamson

Have you ever gone into a room and couldn’t remember why you went in there? Misplaced your keys or cell phone? Forgotten what you were about to say? If you’ve answered “yes,” you are not alone!…

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