JUNE

3 Sat. In-the-Garden Radio - 6-8am

Topic: "Ground Covers" with Sunita Shastry &

Bob Coppernoll

8 Sat. In-the-Garden Radio - 6-8am

Topic: Container Gardening" with Ella Maxwell &

Larry Stratton

17 Sat. In-the-Garden Radio - 6-8am

Topic: "Insects - good and bad" with Jane Osborn &

Michael Wilkins

21 Wed. MG Meeting - 10:00am meeting, 9:30am coffee

24 Sat. In-the-Garden Radio - 6-8am

Topic: "Water Gardens" with Nancy Callan &

Michael Wilkins

JULY

1 Sat. In-the-Garden Radio - 6-8am

Topic: "Blue flowers" with Nancy Crawford &

Tracy Heuermann

8 Sat. In-the-Garden Radio - 6-8am

Topic: "Cottage Gardens" with Sunita Shastry &

Judy Ziemba

15 Sat. In-the-Garden Radio - 6-8am

Topic: "Pruning fall perennials" with

Tracy Heuermann & Nancy Crawford

19 Wed. MG Meeting - 5:00pm meeting, potluck

Sommer park and will be a joint potluck with the

Peoria Urban Forestry Advisory Board members

24 Sat. In-the-Garden Radio - 6-8am

Topic: "Specialties in horticulture" with

Ella Maxwell & Michael Wilkins

24 Sat. In-the-Garden Radio - 6-8am

Topic: "Plants that love acid soil" with

Larry Stratton & Michael, Wilkins

BONSAI CLUB - Meetings are changed. I will contact anyone

who contacts me. Call Lee Tolzdorf at 347-7380 for info.

HERB GUILD - Meetings held at the Womens Club, 301 N.

Madison, Peoria. Info? Call Kris Plunkett, VP, 382-1067.

GERMANTOWN HILLS GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are

every 4th Tues. of the month, contact Lisa Hill, 367-2146.

GREATER PEORIA ROSE SOCIETY - Meetings are every 1st

Tues. of the month from Mar. - Oct. @ 7:30pm. Contact Terry

Richards, 353-1091 for location, or more info.

ORCHID SOCIETY MEETINGS - Meet every 1st Sun. at 1:30pm at

the ICC Ag Lab. Contact Jane Jones, 383-4022 or Elliot/Pam Fox,

689-0733. Drop-ins welcome.

PEORIA EVENING GARDEN CLUB - Call Kris Plunkett,

382-1067 for details.

PEORIA GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are every 1st Thurs. from

Sept. to May, at 12 noon at Lakeview Museum. Contact: Nancy

Barlow, 444-7371. Peoria Garden Club Garden Walk, June 1,

10am-8pm. Tickets are $15/advance/$20 day of. For more info/

tickets, contact: Melanie Martin, 249-4409 or Phyllis Baylor,

673-1098.

PRAIRIE LAND KOI AND POND SOCIETY - Club is open

to new members, meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at

9am, different locations depending on the topic for the meeting.

Website: http://prairieland_pond.tripod.com

2006 Parade of Ponds - July 8 9am to 5pm, rain or shine (no

refunds) $8/advance/$10.00 day of. Tickets will be sold at D.A.

Hoerr & Son's, Kull Scape Landscaping, Dutch Landscaper and

Son and the Glen Oak Zoo.

WEST PEORIA GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are every 3rd Mon.

at 7pm, West Peoria City Hall, 2506 W. Rohmann Ave.

Contact Pat Sharp, 676-5751.

JUNE

June 8: NW Regional Master Gardener Leadership

Symposium 9am-3pm Klehm Arboretum,

Rockford, IL. Workshop is designed to encour

age interaction and collaboration between

counties and it's MGs and their coordinators.

Discussion & brainstorming activities include:

demo gardens, Help Desk, fundraising and

working with youth. Two reps. from each NW

region can sign up at no cost, addition participants,

$10/ea. Lunch included. Contact Chris

Hilbert, Knox County office, 309-342-5108.

June 15-17: Tri-State MG Conference (Iowa, Minn, Wis.)

Cedar Rapids Marriott, Cedar Rapids, IA

Day filled with tours, including Amana colo

nies, private residences, as well as seminars with

topics on conifers, shade gardening, tree dieases,

garden forums, peonies, invasive insects &

gardens of the work. For registration:

http://mastergardener.hort.iastate.edu/.

JULY

July 27-29: Nat'l. Children & Youth Gardener Symposium

St. Louis, MO "Cultivating a Sense of Place: A

Youth Gardening Adventure". Engaging experts

will present horticultural & enviornmental

education, storybook writing, hands-on experi

ence, and landscape designs for children.

Registration: http://www.ahs.org.youth_gardening/

national_youth_garden_symposium.htm

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 7-9: Illinois Master Gardener Conference

Moline (More info to follow)

Riverwalk Park, Naperville & Morton Arboretum, Lisle

Sat., June 24 • Cost: $45

Info: (309) 347-6614 • tjwittmer@hotmail.com

The Riverwalk has a history of development and information you

could learn from and apply to a project you have. Morton

Arboretum recently underwent tremendous additions to the

Visitor's Center and Ginkgo Café. Our group will take a guided

Tram Tour through the beautiful gardens. All garden enthusiasts,

welcome!!!

ITENERARY:

7:00 a.m. depart Morton Park District Recreation Center,

324 Detroit Avenue, Morton.

Directions from the North: Exit off 155 onto Birchwood. At the

second signal light, Turn Left onto Detroit Ave., go over railroad

tracks, turn into second driveway on the right, building has the

word Soccer and a Soccer ball on the side, the building is set

back from the road and shares driveway with Brick Oven

Restaurant. Peoria Charter Coach will meet us in the parking lot

of the Recreation Center.

10:00am arrive at Riverwalk, Jackson Street, Naperville, Ill.

History of Naperville Riverwalk Park presented by Cliff Preston

11:30am arrive at Morton Arboretum, 4100 Ill. Rt. 53, Lisle,

- Lunch at the Ginkgo Café, or picnic with your sack lunch

- Take some time to walk through the gardens

- Guided Tram Tour begins at 2:00, ending approx. at 3:15

4:30pm depart Morton Arboretum promptly at this time.

You may want to grab a snack from the Café There will be a brief

stop on the way back to Morton for food.

8:15pm return to Morton Park District Recreation Center

Please Note - you will be responsible for your lunch and evening

meal. You can bring a sack lunch and snacks. But please, no dairy

products – they are not allowed on the bus!

Payment is due at the time of registration, deadline June 10.

Send check payable to: U of I Extension to Laurie Wittmer,

115 N. Kansas, Morton, 61550

We are sorry, but we can not offer refunds, but you can sell your

seat to someone else. If the coach is full, and there are cancellations,

a waiting list will be established and followed on a first

come/first serve basis. SPECIAL NOTE: FULL REFUND WILL

BE GIVEN SHOULD THIS TRIP BE CANCELLED DUE TO

LACK OF PARTICIPATION. THE DETERMINING DATE IS

JUNE 10, 2006.