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Beneficial Insects: Garden Warriors text pictured on a yellow background with wildflowers and insects

Beneficial Insects: Garden Warriors

A Growing Community Program Series Hosted by DeWitt & Piatt County Master Gardeners
County: Piatt
Not all insects we find in our gardens are pests. In fact, most insects aren’t pests at all. It's a buggy world, and you may be surprised to learn we need them!
Participants will learn to identify…
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Level Up with 4-H

Pen and Paper Games
County: Piatt
Free Summer Library Programming for 2025!  Come "Level Up" your game with 4-H! 

Session 1 - Pen and Paper Games

Be ready to have fun and be a team player! Please register at…
Wild about plants

Wild About Plants Summer Program

County: Will
Learn all about gardening and horticulture in this fun program for youth!

Join us for the Wild About Plants program hosted at the Will County Extension Office (100 Manhattan Rd Joliet, IL 60433).…

Bee gathering pollen from an orange and yellow plant

VCMGs Present: Build a Pollinator Garden

Gardening for pollinators with Ryan Pankau
County: Vermilion

Join Extension Educator, Ryan Pankau, on Tuesday, June 17 at 6 p.m. at the Danville Public Library, 319 N Vermilion, Danville, IL, 61832…

Mad Scientist

Mad Scientist Horticulture Club

County: Will
Science is fun…

Join us for the Mad Scientist Horticulture Club hosted at the Will County Extension Office (100 Manhattan Rd Joliet, IL 60433). 

Sessions will start at 9am and last…

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Get to Know Native Bee Neighbors

Four Seasons Gardening Webinar Series
Get to know the native bees visiting backyards across Illinois. 

When was the last time you invited a wild animal over for a meal? It's probably more recent than expected. Native bees are wild…

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Cloverbud Story Hour

Weather Science
County: DuPage

Each week's Cloverbud Story Hour will feature classic and illustrated children’s story books that have themes around some of the many 4-H project areas. Some sessions even include a small take-…

4-H leader high-fiving a member

Peoria 4-H Leaders Meeting

County: Peoria

Agenda items for the 4-H Leaders meeting include:

4-H Fair updatesPick up your club's exhibit tagsFavorite fair events

Dinner is provided.

Master Gardeners with a 50 Years logo

Golden Garden Days: Northeast Celebration

Master Gardeners celebrate 50 years of impact
County: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Will
The Illinois Master Gardener Program is celebrating its golden anniversary and you are invited!Illinois Extension is celebrating the golden anniversary of our Master Gardener program – that's fifty…

Learn to Can: Pickled Products

Green Top Grocery
County: McLean

Learn to Can: Pickled Products is the perfect class for either first-time canners or for canning veterans looking to brush up on their skills. This class will offer hands-on experience in…

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101 Mumford Hall (MC-710)

1301 W. Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

Email: extension@illinois.edu

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