University of Illinois Extension serving Boone, DeKalb and Ogle Counties

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University of Illinois Extension serving Boone, DeKalb and Ogle Counties

Main Office (Ogle County)
421 W Pines Rd, Ste 10
Oregon, IL 61061
Phone: 815-732-2191
FAX: 815-732-4007
Email:uie-bdo@illinois.edu
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm

Branch Office (Boone County)
915 Alexandra Drive
Belvidere, IL 61008
Phone: 815-544-3710
FAX: 815-544-4606
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm (Closed 12 - 1pm)

Branch Office (DeKalb County)
1350 West Prairie Drive
Sycamore, IL 60178-3166
Phone: 815-758-8194
FAX: 815-758-8199
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm (Closed 12 - 1pm)

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• Selecting Shrubs for Your Home
  Find the right shrub for your home landscape at Selecting Shrubs for Your Home.
• Illinois Master Gardeners
  Master Gardeners are a group of volunteers trained by University of Illinois Extension educators to provide a network of gardening programs and horticultural activities to educate the public and enhance life in their communities.
• Successful Container Gardens
  A guide for choosing a container, selecting soil mixes, choosing and combining plants, fertilizing, watering and grooming basics.
• Raspberries & More
  Learn about varieties & selection, how to plant, and where to find nurseries and U-pick farms.
• Tropical Punch
  Learn how to use tropical plants as focal points and accents.
• Wildflowers
  A directory of more than 140 different Illinois wildflowers
• University of Illinois Plant Clinic
  Let us help with your plant problems. We do plant and insect identification, diagnosis of disease, insect, weed and chemical injury (chemical injury on field crops only), nematode assays, and help with nutrient related problems, as well as recommendations involving these diagnoses.
• Illinois Vegetable Garden Guide
  A guide for growing, harvesting, and exhibiting vegetables.
• Bug Review
  Pests bugging you? Check out The Bug Review.

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