Four Seasons Gardening Program Offers Spring
Series
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[May 02, 2015]
LINCOLN
- The spring series of University of Illinois Extension’s Four
Seasons Gardening program, which focuses on environmental
stewardship and backyard food production, gets underway this month. |
Introduction to Sustainable Landscaping will be offered on
Tuesday, April 28, at 1:30 pm.
Taking a sustainable approach to your yard benefits you, the
environment and our future. Sustainable landscapes save money by
using fewer pesticides and fertilizers and lowers power, water and
waste disposal bills. Sustainable landscapes safeguard our water
quality, soils and wildlife and provide us with countless ecosystem
services. University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator,
Chris Enroth will discuss sustainable lawns, how to handle
stormwater, building healthy soils and more fundamental methods to
reduce your eco-footprint.
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Busting Garden Myths will be offered on Tuesday, May 12, at 1:30
pm.
There are so many recommendations and suggestions for gardening and
plant care out there, but which are fact and which are fiction? Join
Kari Houle, Extension Educator Horticulture, as she walks you
through some of the most common garden and plant myths and explains
why they are myths and gives recommendations for better plant care.
Straw Bale Gardening will be offered on Tuesday, May 26, at 1:30
pm.
Straw Bale Gardening teaches gardening in a way that is
revolutionary to home gardener. It solves every impediment today's
home gardeners face: bad soil, weeds, a short growing season,
watering problems, limited gardening space, and even physical
difficulty working on ground level. Join Kelly Allsup, University of
Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator, to learn more about this
Straw Bale Gardening phenomenon.
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Each program will be held at the U of I Extension Buildings, 980 N Postville
Drive, Lincoln and 700 S. Airport Drive, Springfield. To reserve a packet of
handouts at one of these locations, pre-register on-line at the
Logan-Menard-Sangamon unit website at
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lms/.
Participants also have the option to listen to the webinar from home by
registering at
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/hmrs/4seasons/
The presentation will be via computer but will allow live discussion between the
instructor and gardeners throughout Illinois. Questions call (217) 732-8289.
[Jennifer Fishburn, Horticulture
Educator, University of Illinois Extension]
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