U of I Extension
Weekend Gardener
Training
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Cooperative Extension Service each Spring has what they have named, “Weekend Gardner” training.
This is a very informative series of lectures that lend themselves to the needs and desires of the average gardener throughout the State of Illinois and beyond.
2022
This link takes you to the slides from the 2022 Weekend Gardner presentations:
https://go.illinois.edu/WEGHandouts2022
The link to the videos for 2022 will be posted here as soon as they are ready.
Subjects:
Extending Your Harvest
iPollinate
Beyond Flowers for Color in the Garden
Gardening with Fruit
2021
You can review the handouts from the 2021 Weekend Gardner here:
https://uofi.app.box.com/s/z1mgl8qwagu1fv1dbdvrzsobweyog380
Videos from the 2021 Weekend Gardner are included in the uploads for the Illinois Extension-Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair.
(Link listed below in the “Additionals” section.)
Subjects:
Beginning Vegetable Gardening
Growing and Designing with Cut Flowers
Crevice Gardens
Natives Through the Season
Additionals
Uploads from the Extension, which include the videos from the 2021 Weekend Gardner presentations, can be found here:
Thank You
A very big THANK YOU to both Sarah Ruth and Mary K. Rahn for their assistance in gathering this information, as well as their hard work putting on this yearly presentation.
