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11th Annual Monarch Migration Festival

County: Knox

11th Annual Monarch Migration Festival 🦋

Celebrate the magic of monarchs at the 11th Annual Monarch Migration Festival! Join us on Saturday, September 6, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM at…

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2025 DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Master Gardener Training

DeWitt, Macon and Piatt County Master Gardeners
The mission of the Illinois Master Gardener program is “Helping Others Learn to Grow.” 
To become a Master Gardener all you need is an interest in gardening, time to volunteer in the…
Master Gardener Training 2025 text pictured over a beautiful flower garden
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2025 DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Master Gardener Training

DeWitt and Piatt County Master Gardeners
The mission of the Illinois Master Gardener program is “Helping Others Learn to Grow.” 
To become a Master Gardener all you need is an interest in gardening, time to volunteer in the…

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Back to Basics: Seed Saving

County: Bond, Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, Washington
Back to Basics is a six-session series focused on the basics of homesteading through conservation and agriculture practices that can be completed at home.

Environmental Recycle Day: May 27…
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Online Master Gardener Training 2025

County: Bond, Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, Washington
From farms and small-town to suburbs and the inner city, more than 2,600 volunteers statewide put their mission of “helping others learn to grow” into practice by providing gardening education and…
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Wits Fitness CGH Sterling | September

County: Whiteside, Lee, Carroll

Engage in interactive activities designed to enhance cognitive function and memory in Wits Fitness Brain Exercises offered by University of Illinois Extension. Classes are held on the second…

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Wits Fitness Prophetstown | September

County: Whiteside, Lee, Carroll

Do you wish your brain could be more agile? Is your memory not as sharp as you would like? Engage in interactive activities designed to enhance cognitive function and memory in Wits Fitness Brain…

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Lets Put it To Bed

Crossing Garden Education Series
County: Macon

The Crossing Garden Education series is a free monthly program focusing on a variety of topics during the 2025 growing season. Join the Master Gardeners for this month's session and learn what…

Wits Workout | Pontiac

County: Livingston
Does your brain need a fitness routine? 

Join University of Illinois Educator Sara Attig as she leads participants through interactive activities designed to exercise the brain to maintain and…

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Youth Mental Health First Aid Workshop | Sterling

County: Whiteside

Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in youth. This 5-hour training gives adults who work with…

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101 Mumford Hall (MC-710)

1301 W. Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

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