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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Volunteer Opportunities</span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">V: Community Garden Workdays</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Counting Education</span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Naked Tree Walks</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__illinois.edu_emailer_forward2_3777473-3FemailAddress-3Dficmg-40lists.communitylists.org-26orderId-3D5&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=i1Ddhi1zgu91yhNvYr7PZnS0DGZDm1waoT8k3PsVA-4&m=oL0L6pF_oew_Th5ic_-_vX9vbAjdDwU5AYeX0Pj09mY&s=ALWgFjktNW4yAfgk6Wod0VEG18_i9XtCXaCUeOlJvOg&e="><span style="color: #4276aa;">FICMG Spring Program</span></a> – Seed Starting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=13963"><span style="color: #4276aa;">All About Composting</span></a> – April 19 @ 7 p.m.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=13764"><span style="color: #4276aa;">What Grows Best in Central Illinois</span></a> – April 19 @ 6 p.m.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Miscellaneous</span>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Community Garden Workdays</em></strong></span></p>
<p>You don't have to be a regular volunteer with any of these gardens to join them on their workday! All Wake-Up-the-Gardens are open to Master Gardeners as extra hands are needed to revive the garden from its winter slumber! </p>
<p>These workdays are also a great opportunity to meet other Master Gardeners and experience the variety of community gardens we manage as Champaign County Master Gardeners! </p>
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<li><strong>Juvenile Detention Center - Friday, April 15 at 1 p.m.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Idea Garden - Saturday, April 16 at 9 a.m.</strong></li>
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<p>For more volunteer or continuing education opportunties, check out our calendars: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__web.extension.illinois.edu_cfiv_champaignmg_4.html&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=i1Ddhi1zgu91yhNvYr7PZnS0DGZDm1waoT8k3PsVA-4&m=8zb6cfMupCSsWz8CbP-tOWZhsPSYI_pU5qAgxiWfO1U&s=R4UUUHvKcL3F_QNEk0wpgRdmkiZsMPh0BaOsfzm3N74&e="><span style="color: #4276aa;">http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/champaignmg/4.html</span></a> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background: #000000; font-size: 1px; padding: 0; line-height: 1px; height: 1px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><style xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>CE: Naked Tree Walks</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Join Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists for the annual Naked Tree Walks featuring your favorite "branches in the buff." Horticulture Educator Sandy Mason will lead the hike around Kennekuk Park in Danville and Hessel Park in Champagin teaching how to identify trees by their bark and branches. This will count as Continuing Education for Master Gardeners and Master Naturalist. This event is for Master Gardeners and Master Naturalist only, but volunteers are allowed to invite one guest.</p>
<p><em><strong>Vermilion County Naked Tree Walk – Kennekuk Park</strong></em></p>
<p>Date: Friday, 4/1/16</p>
<p>Time: 2-4 p.m.</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=14183"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here to register</span></a>!</p>
<p><em><strong>Champaign County Naked Tree Walk – Hessel Park</strong></em></p>
<p>Date: Friday, 4/8/2016</p>
<p>Time: 2-4pm</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=14182"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here to register</span></a>!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>CE: FICMG Spring Program – Seed Starting</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Join the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners in Ford-Iroquois Counties as they host their 2016 Community Education Series. This series will feature monthly programs with a new topic each season. Programs will be offered at various times and locations throughout Ford and Iroquois Counties to reach a larger audience. </p>
<p>The 2016 Spring Series will host a panel of Master Gardeners who will discuss their methods of starting seeds indoors. Growing seeds indoors is a fun and enjoyable activity. It is a great way to get a jump on the growing season, and try out different vegetable and flower varieties that you may not find in the garden centers.</p>
<p>Sessions in the Spring Series are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Monday, April 18 - 6:30 pm - Moyer District Library - Gibson City, IL</li>
<li>Tuesday, May 10 - 6:00 pm - Watseka Public Library - Watseka, IL</li>
<li>Tuesday, June 14 - 1:30 pm - Ford-Iroquois Extension Office - Onarga, IL</li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>CE: All About Composting</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m.</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Do you want to grow prize-winning vegetables? Do you wish you perennails looked like they belong on a magazine? Want to do all of for free while being environmentally friendly? University of Illinois Horticulture Educator Sandy Mason will teach you how to produce gardeners gold in her presentation <em>All About Composting</em>. </p>
<p>Join the Champaign County Master Gardeners as they welcome Sandy on <strong>Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m.</strong> The program is free and open to the public. Meet at the Champaign County Extension office at 801 N. Country Fair Drive, Champaign, IL. </p>
<p>Invite your favorite gardening friend and join us! <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=13963"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> to register!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>CE: What Grows Best in Central Illinois?</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Tuesday, April 19 at 6 p.m.</em></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Dyke Barkley from Barkley Farms presents, ‘What Grows Best in East Central Illinois?</strong> ‘What are the new and not so new plants that thrive in our area? Dyke has had years of experience with perennials and has a unique insight on how new plants may or may not perform in your garden along with tips on how to get the best results. Be prepared to choose wisely when you head out to the garden centers this spring!</p>
<p><strong>Classes are held at 6:00pm at the Danville Public Library (*unless indicated otherwise</strong>), 319 N. Vermilion St. in Danville. Online registration requires credit card payment. You may also pre-register at the Extension Office by cash or check. Your space is reserved upon receipt of payment. Call our office at 217-442-8615, email Debbie Mikel at <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:demikel@illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">demikel@illinois.edu</span></a> or <strong><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=13764"><span style="color: #4276aa;">click here</span></a> </strong>to register.</p>
<p><strong>Cost is $5.00 per person except for 'Make and Take' classes.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>The Cultivator – March/April 2016</em></strong></span></p>
<p>You won't want to miss this beautiful first edition of <em>The Cultivator </em>for 2016! Master Gardeners share their tips on winter houseplant care, best tasting vegetables, delectable herbs, new perennials (there are so many there are two sections devoted!) and more! </p>
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<p>Want to contribute to the May/June edition? Submit your article to <em>The Cultivator </em>editor Lori Garrett, <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:lorikgarrett@gmail.com,"><span style="color: #4276aa;">lorikgarrett@gmail.com,</span></a> by April 15. </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background: #000000; font-size: 1px; padding: 0; line-height: 1px; height: 1px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><style xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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<p><em>Program Coordinator, Horticulture</em></p>
<p>University of Illinois Extension, Unit 13</p>
<p>Champaign County</p>
<p>801 N. Country Fair Drive, Suite D</p>
<p>Champaign, IL 61821</p>
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