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Learn more about fall gardening, urban tree advocacy at Illinois Extension webinars · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Learn more about vall gardening urban tree advocacy at Illinois
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  Speaker 1: Extension webinars written by Shaw Local News Network. This article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. University of Illinois Extension will host two new
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  Speaker 1: webinars this fall as part of its free Four Seasons
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  Speaker 1: Gardening series, covering how to overwinter tender perennial plants and
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  Speaker 1: how to advocate for community trees. According to a release
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  Speaker 1: from Extension, the sessions are scheduled for September fifteenth and
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  Speaker 1: October twentieth. Both will be presented live online beginning at
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  Speaker 1: one thirty pm, and registration is required at go dot Illinois,
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  Speaker 1: dot IJU slash four Seasons Comma. The release said, the
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  Speaker 1: September fifteenth session, Bringing the Outside In Overwintering Tender Perennial Plants,
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  Speaker 1: will offer options and strategies for overwintering and propagating tender
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  Speaker 1: perennial plants such as zonal geraniums, black and blue Salvia kalias,
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  Speaker 1: and lemongrass. According to the release, the October twentieth session,
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  Speaker 1: Speak for the Trees Community Advocacy for Urban Forests will
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  Speaker 1: provide residents with tools, resources, and strategies to champion healthy
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  Speaker 1: urban forests. The release said Extension educators Nancy Kuhajda and
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  Speaker 1: Emily Sweetheart will lead the fall series sessions. According to
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  Speaker 1: the release, Extension said the series focuses on home gardening,
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  Speaker 1: environmental stewardship, and backyard food production, with horticulture experts presenting
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  Speaker 1: tips and answering questions. Every program is recorded and posted
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  Speaker 1: to the Illinois Extension Horticulture YouTube channel about two weeks
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  Speaker 1: after the live program. The release said people who need
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  Speaker 1: a reasonable accommodation to participate can contact the series coordinators,
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Holsinger at A Whole sing at Illinois dot EJU
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  Speaker 1: for the September fifteenth session and Gemini Ballsad at g
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  Speaker 1: Balsad at Illinois dot EJU for the October twentieth session.
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  Speaker 1: Extensions said early requests are strongly encouraged. University of Illinois
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  Speaker 1: Extension serves all one hundred and two Illinois counties through
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  Speaker 1: a network of twenty seven multi county units and more
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  Speaker 1: than five hundred staff. According to the release, this article
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  Speaker 1: was reformatted from a press release using artificial intelligence. A
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  Speaker 1: SHAW Local editor verified the information, edited the article, and
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  Speaker 1: approved it before publication.