2024 Grafting Workshop
Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL2024 Grafting Workshop Sunday March 24
Garden Club for Backyard Fruit Growers
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NAFEX Zoom Lecture – Breeding Future Apples and Pears
Are you curious about what’s going on in the world of apple breeding besides crispy apples? Maybe the future releases of a 100 year old pear breeding program peak your interest? Either way join NAFEX on March 26th as Christopher Gottschalk, Ph.D. of the USDA …
What’s New in the World of Pawpaws – Zoom Lecture
NAFEX is hosting a Zoom lecture about What's New in the World of Pawpaws on June 25 at 6:30 pm CST. NAFEX membership ($19 per year) is required. NAFEX members receive access to current and past Zoom lectures, annual meeting conference videos, and the …
2024 Summer Picnic
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NRCS Conservation Practices Field Day
Star Farm 5156 S. Carpenter, Chicago, IL, United StatesFor information, go.illinois.edu/NRCSFieldDay https://registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/nrcs-conservation-practices-field-day Illinois Extension, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign You will learn about: Composting Facility Conservation Plans EQIP high tunnel program Cover Crops Mulch Raised beds Pollinator Strips Bee Hives If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Batka at 217-300-8636 or sbatka@illinois.edu
Free
Orchard Walk with Deb Graham
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Orchard Walk and Seminar: Defending Your Orchard from Four-legged Pests
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NRCS Conservation Practices Field Day
Reimbursable conservation practices like cover crops, pest management conservation systems, irrigation, soil carbon amendments, raised beds, high tunnels, and stormwater runoff management are now available to small scale urban growers. Extension educators Zack Grant and Kathryn Pereira, along with Growing Home Farm Manager Ezra Lee, …
2024 MidFex Harvest Festival
Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, ILFull details on Harvest Festival are HERE.