NEWS RELEASE – PREPARED BY Meg E. Overocker
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION – Bureau, LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam Unit
University of Illinois Extension Offers Program on Conifers
The Winter series of the University of Illinois Extension’s Four Seasons Gardening Program concludes with a session titled “Colorful Conifers”.
Get ready to add “shock and awe” to your landscape all season long with colorful conifers of all sizes. Did you know some conifers change colors through the seasons? Working with all-yearlong foliage color can be challenging. Martha Smith, Horticulture Educator, will show you how to re-think your landscape to bring out the best foliage display!
This program will be offered via a live webinar on Tuesday, February 25th at 1:30 p.m. at the following University of Illinois Extension Offices: Bureau County in Princeton; Marshall-Putnam Counties in Henry; and LaSalle County in Ottawa. This webinar may also be viewed from wherever you have internet access by pre-registering at go.illinois.edu/fourseasons. Recorded videos of these sessions can be viewed following the program at go.illinois.edu/fourseasonsrecordings. This is the final session for the winter series.
The session is free to the public. Advance registration is needed. Phone or email the LaSalle County University of Illinois Extension office for more details at 815-433-0707, or you may email Extension Program Coordinator Meg Overocker at meo@illinois.edu.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please indicate when registering. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting your access needs. For more information call University of Illinois Extension –LaSalle County at 815-433-0707. Extension offices are located in Princeton, Ottawa, Henry and in Oglesby on the IVCC campus.
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Local Contact: Meg E. Overocker
Date: 1/6/20