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• Kendall County Extension Gardens Blog
  What's New in the Garden
• Over the Fence Blog
  Where DuPage County Master Gardeners come for all the Master Gardener neighborhood news.
• Dupage County Master Gardener Newsletter
  News from the DuPage County Master Gardener Program

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• What makes a food organic, and is the extra money you'll spend worth it?
• New disease in Illinois: Should we grow impatiens?
• Pruning trees and shrubs
• Award-winning flowers and vegetables
• Gardening to lose weight
• Landscape value multiplied by native plants
• Rain barrel savings
• Spinach

Contact Us

Richard Hentschel
Extension Educator, Horticulture
University of Illinois Extension
535 South Randall Road
St. Charles, IL 60174-1591
Phone: 630-584-6166
FAX: 630-584-4610
hentsche@illinois.edu

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Additional Websites

• Stepping Stones to Perennial Garden Design
  Learn how to design and maintain a perennial garden that will delight you with seasonal beauty year after year.
• 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.
• Pesticide Safety Education Program
  Fact sheets, newsletters and training information about pesticide safety.
• Selecting Trees for Your Home
  Find the right tree for your home landscape at Selecting Trees for Your Home.
• Living with Deer in Illinois
  This website provides residents of Illinois with information about how to coexist with Illinois deer.
• Caminos para el Diseño de Jardines
  Aprenda a diseñar y mantener un jardín de plantas perennes que año tras año le sorprenderá con su belleza.
• Gardener's Corner Podcast
  Gardening Tips and Techniques from University of Illinois Extension

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