The Tuesday evening (6-7 pm) Home Grown Challenge classes continue with cooking demonstrations, garden tours to private homes, and more! Don't miss this great opportunity to learn more about home vegetable gardens and how to prepare healthy and tasty recipes using fresh produce you grow yourself or purchase at a farmer's market.

Don't miss the 4-H shows at the Rock Island County Fair, July 14 - 20, 2008!

Join the Rock Island County Master Gardeners on September 20th for a fun-filled motorcoach day trip to the spectacular Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis and the amazing Butterfly House in Chesterfield, MO!

There is no better season for gardeners than summer! And to help you learn, University of Illinois Extension is offering 3 summer gardening programs: Roses June 24, 1 pm & June 26, 7 pm; Late Summer & Fall Blooming Perennials, July 8, 1 pm & July 10, 7 pm; Summer & Fall Blooming Vines, Trees & Shrubs, July 22 1 pm & July 24, 7 pm

High School Chef School July 22 - 24 is designed to let teens take their cooking skills to the next level. Meets from 9 am - Noon each day.

Culture Camp for 4 - 6 graders on July 21 - 23 will meet at the Quad City Botanical Center from 12:30 - 3:30 pm to explore the world with the help of someone who has lived in another country. Program support is provided by Excelon, Inc.

The Multiple Species Grazing Conference will highlight the addition of meat goats or sheep, cattle or horse grazing operations in Illinois for a more sustainable pasture system with more profit potential per acre. The program will focus on the advantages and risks of mixing pastured livestock species. The program schedule will run from 9-3 at each location with registration beginning at 9:00 AM. Registration fee: $30 per person; second person from farm $20; late registration $35/25 per person.

Market Maker is a project by University of Illinois Extension that connects all businesses in the food chain - producers, processors, wholesalers, food retailers, farmers markets and restaurants. Link up with Market Maker for Connections - Targets - Solutions.