Events
Use Your Noodle: A Brain Education Day
Regularly engaging your brain can support cognitive and memory function. Challenge your noodle with a day of learning, socialization, activities, and movement. Young and older adults are…
Little Sprouts with 4-H and Master Gardeners
This program will introduce youth to nature and gardening through storybooks and fun learning activities. This session explores the fascinating…
Grow, Harvest, Prepare, and Share
Youth gardening classes are back again at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center in 2026 with an additional opportunity to make some tasty recipes with harvested produce. Youth can participate in…
Charter Coach Trip to Chicago Botanic Garden
Join the Master Gardeners of Peoria County for a delightful day at the stunning Chicago Botanic Garden! This trip is open to the public, you do not need to be a Master…
Harvesting and Succession Planting
Homegrown Harvest is a series of family-friendly workshops designed to support vegetable gardeners of all skill levels. Discover tips and tricks for growing a successful garden! See more…
Marcoot Jersey Creamery
Experience a hands-on “field to fork” tour where youth can explore how milk goes from the farm to the table. Participants will visit the milking parlor and learn about the milking process,…
Sangamon/Menard 4-H General Projects Show & Logan/Menard/Sangamon Foods, Nutrition, and Health Show 2026
Sangamon and Menard 4-H members enrolled in General Projects will exhibit their project work; and Logan, Menard, and Sangamon 4-H members enrolled in Food, Nutrition, and Health projects will…
Dragonfly Identification Walk
Join Master Naturalists Pat Dunbar and Mary McCarthy for a relaxed and engaging nature walk focused on spotting and identifying dragonflies at the Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center. Whether…
2026 Poultry Testing
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Sangamon 4-H Livestock Shows 2026
Sangamon 4-H members enrolled in livestock projects will exhibit their animals during the Beef, Goat, Poultry, Rabbit, Sheep, and Swine Shows and the Youth Livestock Auction. Details for…