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, IL

Full details on Harvest Festival are HERE.

Apple Cider Social

Al's house

Cider Press at Al Cosnow’s House Sunday November 3rd, 2024 10 am to 3 PM CST **Note: Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 AM on Nov 3rd Details  in September Grapevine or Members Only page.

Free

2025 Southwestern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit School

Barefoot Restaurant 106 S Water Street, Hardin, Illinois

  Event Date(s): February 11, 2025 Event Time: 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Location: Barefoot Restaurant, 106 S Water St., Hardin, IL 62047 Event Fee: $35.00   Support the success of your tree fruit operation with practical research-tested best practices from industry experts at the 

$35

Kurle Memorial Lecture

Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

We should have final details about our guest lecturer from the Savannah Institute (an agroforestry organization doing some very cool things) and exact time to post here soon.

Grafting Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

Details are here:  2025 Grafting Workshop Sunday March 23