University of Illinois Extension will host an Extension Connection Community Day Sunday, Aug. 30 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kane County Idea Garden, Route 38 and Peck Road, at 3480 Lincoln Highway, in St. Charles.
The local Extension team will be joined by master gardeners, master naturalists, and 4-H volunteers at the Kane County Master Gardener Idea Garden.
The free open house will feature activities for all ages highlighting the environment, gardening, food, and wellness.
Extension Connection visitors can choose to:
•Tour the Master Gardener Idea Garden, rain garden, and prairie to enjoy flowers, vegetables, herbs, native plants, and pollinators.
•Stroll our Book Walk.
•Meet Herman the Worm and his friends, while learning how worms can turn kitchen scraps into garden fertilizer!
•Experience Monarchs on the Move to learn about the Monarch Butterfly.
•Create a flower bouquet.
•Explore the Master Gardener Artisan Market
Learn more at go.illinois.edu/
ExploreLearnGrow.
— University of Illinois Extension