

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Master Gardener Spring into Gardening Conference
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am
- **Event Description**: Join Master Gardeners for a fun-filled morning featuring engaging speakers, door prizes, a silent auction, a sales booth, and tasty refreshments. This year, we are offering three breakout sessions, each with the opportunity to join a hands-on workshop. Pre-conference registration fee is $25. Day off registration is $30. Not all materials and session choices are guaranteed day of. Hands-on sessions are an additional $15 each to help cover the cost of materials.

Check in: 8:00 am with welcoming at 8:20 am.
Breakout session 1 - 8:30 am. Choose one of the following:
*Improving Your Garden's Soil Health with Extension Educator Doug Gucker
*Debunking Garden Products and Homemade Herbicides with Extension Educator Andrew Holsinger
*Create a Nesting Ball workshop with Master Gardener Pat Conner - additional $15, maximum 20 participants

Refreshment break and silent auction - 9:30 - 9:55 am

Breakout session 2 - 10:00 am. Choose one of the following:
*Vegetable Gardening Tips and Problems with Extension Educator  Ken Johnson
*How We Can Compost at Home with Extension Educator Doug Gucker
*Flower Arranging 101 workshop with Extension Educator Christina Lueking - additional $15, maximum 25 participants

Refreshment break and silent auction - 11:00 - 11:25 am (silent auction ends at 11:20)
 
Breakout session 3 - 11:30. Choose one of the following:
*Pollinator Gardening with Extension Educator Ken Johnson
*Wesley Community Garden presentation and tour with the church "Green Team"
*Plant Propagation workshop with Master Gardener Elaine Manion - additional $15, maximum 15 participants

Closing remarks and auction results begin at 12:30 pm.

Register at go.illinois.edu/SPRIG2026.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please call 217-345-7034. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting access needs.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/charleston/master-gardener-spring-into-gardening-conference/200029481299443
- **Event Categories**: business, workshops, conferences, meetups, health-wellness
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 105

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/2026-spring-into-gardening-conference?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=charleston-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Charleston
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Wesley United Methodist Church
- **lat**: 39.475654860718
- **long**: -88.178020534631
- **full address**: Wesley United Methodist Church, 2206 4th St,Charleston,IL,United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Master Gardeners of Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie and Shelby County (https://allevents.in/org/master-gardeners-of-coles-cumberland-douglas-moultrie-and-shelby-county/9350269)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wesley United Methodist Church, 2206 4th St,Charleston,IL,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Master Gardeners of Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie and Shelby County
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** business, workshops, conferences, meetups, health-wellness
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Master Gardener Spring into Gardening Conference ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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