July 19, 2019

Planting like it's 1860!

Event Description:

Join Lincoln Home park rangers and volunteers from the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners for a bilingual program about how people in Abraham Lincoln’s neighborhood tended their gardens in the 1860s. Get your hands dirty as you pot your own seeds, learn about the various plants that were available when Abraham Lincoln lived in the neighborhood, and the benefits of growing your own food!



Event Hosts:

Lincoln Home National Historic Site and University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners


Date & time:
July 19, 2019
10 am  -  12 pm

Location:
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
426 South 7th Street
Springfield, IL, 62701

Open to the Public:
Yes

Cost:
FREE

Questions: For Questions about this event, please contact Jorge Hernández with Lincoln Home National Historic Site at (217) 391-3221 or jorge_x_hernandez@nps.gov.



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