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A December Calendar

December Gardening

County: Kankakee

Get a head start on your garden... during winter! Learn how winter sowing uses the season’s natural conditions to help seeds grow, explore the benefits of this simple gardening technique, and…

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Hort for The Holidays

Holiday Wreath
County: Washington

Get creative this winter! Join Illinois Extension for a fun, hands-on workshop where you’ll create a holiday wreath to enjoy throughout the season. 

Local volunteers will guide you…

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Nights in Nature | Genoa

County: DeKalb

Come out to the Natural Resource Education Center in Russell Woods Nature Preserve and take part in Nights in Nature! We will offer guided hikes in the forest, we will sing songs by the fire, and…

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Green Connections: Holiday Celebration Brunch

County: Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell

Growing Gardens, Embracing Nature, Sustaining Conservation in Illinois: Green Connections

Green Connections is an educational and networking opportunity offered by University of Illinois…

Christmas Crafts

Winter Art Workshop

County: Fayette

Join us for a fun winter art workshop!! Learn how to make no-sew "quilted" ornaments by folding and pinning fabric scraps onto a foam ball. You can even use this technique to make an ornament…

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Meditation Mornings

County: Cook

Join University of Illinois Extension Educator Michele Crawford for Meditation Mornings. This free virtual series consists of fifteen-minute guided meditation sessions held every Monday, Wednesday…

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Urban Ag Skills School

Farm Financial Foundations - In Person WorkGroup
County: Cook
Want to better understand your farm's finances and make more confident decisions?
This hands-on workshop series will help urban and small-scale growers learn how to:
Identify which crops are…

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Shooting Sports Archery

County: Fayette

It's finally here!! Enrollment for the new Shooting Sports Archery Club here in Fayette County 4-H is officially open!! This Archery 4-H Club will consist of at least 6 meetings where we will…

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Meditation Mornings

County: Cook
Winter scene pf Brassicas in raised beds with words Urban Farm Skills School superimposed

Urban Ag Skills School

Production Planning - Virtual Session
County: Cook
Virtual Webinars:
Part 1A: November 30 from 6 - 7:30 pm. Vegetable Production Planning using Excel
Part 1B: December 14 from 6 - 7:30 pm. Vegetable Production Planning using Excel 
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