Four Seasons Gardening

Keep learning going while the garden's growing.

As growing seasons shift, register for the upcoming sessions of the popular Four Seasons Gardening webinar series. New sessions explore ways to implement crop rotation to strengthen any size garden, collecting seeds, and tips for reclaiming landscapes.

The series focuses on home gardening, environmental stewardship, and backyard food production. Monthly webinars begin at 1:30 p.m. on select Tuesdays and are free to attend. Registration is required. Each session lasts approximately an hour, including time for questions.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact the series coordinators by session: Crop Rotation or seed collection – Gemini Bhalsod, at gbhalsod@illinois.edu, and Restoring Landscapes – Andrew Holsinger, aholsing@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting access needs.

Have a gardening topic on your mind and want to know more? Share suggestions for upcoming sessions with Nancy Kreith at kreith@illinois.edu.

Summer 2025 Sessions

Looking at a raised bed garden set up in a yard, some filled with soil and some have plants

Crop Rotation: Building Resilient Gardens | Aug. 19

Learn how crop rotation can improve a garden’s soil health, reduce pests and diseases, and even boost overall productivity. This presentation will cover techniques for rotating plant families, even in small spaces like raised beds or containers. Discover how to plan a garden for long-term success with crop rotation.

Presenter: Nicole Flowers-Kimmerle, horticulture educator, Illinois Extension

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Fall 2025 Sessions

Dried zinnia bloom and seeds spread out on a table with title text overlay

Be a Seed Shaker: Which Are Worth Saving? | Sept. 30

Fall is a time to enjoy nature and learn when to harvest seeds for next season's bounty or blooms. Learn how to harvest those zinnia seeds after the butterflies have fluttered away for the season. Get tips and build excitement for the next growing season before this one even ends.

Presenters: Chris Lueking and Kim Rohling, horticulture educators, Illinois Extension

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Unruly and overgrown backyard landscape behind a house with title text overlay

Reclaiming Runaway Landscapes | Oct. 21

Have a garden that’s gone wild? Do you need to reclaim and restore an overgrown, chaotic landscape? Explore practical methods for taking back an overgrown, chaotic landscape and guidance on where to start when garden beds feel overwhelming. The session covers the use of mulch, design strategies, and effective weeding tools and techniques. Finally, learn how to decide which plants need to go and which ones can be tolerated.

Presenter: Chris Enroth, horticulture educator, Illinois Extension

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Information whenever you need it!

Every program is recorded and available to watch on the Illinois Extension Horticulture YouTube channel. Videos are available about two weeks after the live program.