Vegetable and flower gardens are a highlight of Illinois summers.
Many families lack access to fresh garden vegetables or the cheery gift of flowers. Offer gifts of the garden to your community this season. Illinois Extension Giving Gardens offers free seeds, plants, and education to gardeners who pledge to donate 50% of their harvest to a friend or neighbor in need. Spread the joy of a midwestern summer's bounty when you, Grow and Give Back.

Illinois Extension Free Giving Garden Kits
Vegetable Kits: Plants for tomatoes (2 slicer, 2 cherry), plants for peppers (2 bell, 2 jalapeno) & cucumber seeds
Flower Kits: Seed for sunflowers, zinnias, calendula, cosmos, dill, and cornflower

Registration also includes an e-newsletter with monthly garden education, including quick but informative videos to help you grow a healthy, productive garden all season long (May - September) and a tracking system to record your vegetable and flower arrangement donations. A maximum of 200 vegetable kits and 200 flower kits will be distributed to gardeners in Livingston, McLean, and Woodford Counties.

Illinois Extension Giving Garden Kit Pick-up Dates in each county will be announced via email in April.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact the McLean County Extension Office at (309) 663-8306.