

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ready... Set... Grow! Gardening Conference
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am – Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 12:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join the Master Gardeners of Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties for this half-day event offering participants information about various aspects of home gardening.

The fee for this program is $25. The hands-on sessions have additional fees.
Register at go.illinois.edu/RSG2026 by March 16.

SCHEDULE:
8:00 AM – Registration 
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM – Welcome &amp; Keynote Presentation
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM – milk jug greenhouse activity
10:15 AM to 11:15 AM – Breakout Session One
11:20 AM to 12:20 PM – Breakout Session Two 
12:30 PM – Evaluations &amp; Pick Up Door Prizes

New this year is a kids track for budding gardeners ages 8 to 14! Youth are invited to their own set of hands-on activities covering topics including soil, seeds, flowers, pollinators, and the environment. Youth participants will also create their own milk jug greenhouses following the adult activity. $25 supply fee


For more information about Ready…Set…Grow… and other Master Gardener programs, please call any Extension office in Carroll, Lee, Ogle or Whiteside counties. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this program, please contact your local Extension office. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting your access needs.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dixon/ready-set-grow-gardening-conference/200029781230522
- **Event Categories**: business, conferences, meetups, kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 43

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://extension.illinois.edu/events/2026-03-28-2026-readysetgrow-gardening-workshop?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=dixon-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Dixon
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Sauk Valley Community College
- **lat**: 41.817634903758
- **long**: -89.597616534045
- **full address**: Sauk Valley Community College, Sauk Valley Community College, 173 IL-2, Dixon, IL 61021, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: U of I Extension Carroll-Lee-Whiteside Unit (https://allevents.in/org/u-of-i-extension-carroll-lee-whiteside-unit/8979812)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sauk Valley Community College, Sauk Valley Community College, 173 IL-2, Dixon, IL 61021, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** U of I Extension Carroll-Lee-Whiteside Unit
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** business, conferences, meetups, kids
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Ready... Set... Grow! Gardening Conference ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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