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Blog Posts (25)

Make your Thanksgiving gathering special with the perfect herb additions

a mix of green herbs sit on a chopping block next to a large kitchen knife

Add spice to your garden (and life) with herbs

Green herbs in the background. Bright green leaves in front of a frog statue.

2022 gardening trends and emotional resilience

pollinator on oregano flower

Fall Garlic Planting

Garlic is typically planted in fall by separating bulbs into individual cloves for planting.

Grow herb gardens for more than the kitchen

Flowering herbs provide ornamental beauty to the edge of this pollinator garden

How to make homemade seed cards for Valentine’s Day

pink seed cards made for Valentine's Day

Herbs all winter: grow them indoors

Mint plant on window sill in small container. Image: Eleanor Chen via Unsplash

Garlic goes in the ground now for a savory summer

garlic harvest. photo by Bill Davison.

Rosemary

American Ginseng

Aquaponics

Wild Ramps

Indoor Herb Gardening

Thyme

Basil

The smooth and shiny, aromatic leaves of basil provide both ornamental beauty and culinary use.

It's Time to Plant a Fall Garden

Bag of potting soil with planer next to it

Thyme to enjoy fresh herbs

A bundle of thyme sprigs in a white bowl set on a white wooden table.

Perk up your dinner with pesto

Basil leaves on a wooden table.

How to Grow Popular Herbs

How to grow popular herbs

Growing Basil in Your Backyard

Herbs Offering Culinary and Habitat Enhancement

black swallowtail caterpillar ascending parsley

How to grow garlic

purple garlic heads hanging to dry

How to make herbal jelly

a jar of homemade herbal jelly next to the jelly on toast and a sprig of mint

Herbs: from garden to kitchen

variety of herbs, garlic, tomatoes and cooking utensils

7 reasons to grow & use fresh herbs

variety of herbs hanging

News Releases (19)

Have fresh herbs at your fingertips with herb container workshop

Make your own herb garden at free 4-H event

Flavor your meals with low-maintenance homegrown herbs

Get growing with indoor kitchen garden

The spice is right: Researchers explore growing ginger in Illinois

Learn about heirloom gardening and native plants at free garden tour

Add spice to your life with growing and cooking with herbs program

Learn how to grow fresh herbs and the ways to use them

Grow your green thumb this spring with free online gardening classes

Small-batch culinary herbs add flavor to gardening menu

Small-space containers big with new gardeners

Hold on to summer with home hydroponics

Emergence of downy mildew threatens Illinois basil crop

Flavor Your Summer with Backyard Basil

Flavor summer with backyard basil

Start herb seeds indoors

Using Fresh Herbs in the Kitchen

Extension to Host Program on Cooking with Herbs

Local Residents Learn about Food Preservation and Cooking with Herbs

Staff (2)

Kristin Bogdonas

Kristin Bogdonas

Extension Educator, Nutrition and Wellness

Christopher Enroth

Christopher Enroth

Horticulture Educator