Not Your Ordinary Garden Variety Garden Walk

The University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners will host their annual garden walk in Champaign and Urbana on Saturday, June 21, 2008 from 9:00AM- 4:00PM. The event will be held regardless of the weather conditions.

"Not Your Ordinary Garden Variety" is the theme of this year's event. Guests will find spectacular gardens to suit every taste. Our variety of gardens ranges from large to small, secluded retreats to open spaces, from new to well-established and from formal to eclectic. Vendors of unique gardening supplies and plants will be located at the Master Gardeners' Idea Garden on South Lincoln Avenue.

All proceeds from the garden walk will help fund Master Gardener projects in Champaign County-the Idea Demonstration Garden, community garden projects and the purchase of reference books and Master Gardener scholarships.

Tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 on the day of the event. Tickets are available at the University of Illinois Extension Office at 801 N. Country Fair Dr. in Champaign, local garden centers and the Urbana Market at the Square.

For more information, please contact Karyn Traum at the University of Illinois Extension Office at (217) 333-7672.

Garden Chat

Join us for a Garden Chat in the Idea Garden, Saturday, June 28 at 11:00 a.m. Join Master Gardener, Ruth Gerlach as she discusses Practical Pointers for Vegetable Gardening. Other Garden Chat topics will be scheduled for the last Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m., topics to be announced.