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Public OPENING DAY of the Gardens We will be offering Garden tours at 10am and 2pm Volunteers are also welcome to join us for preparing and gardens for planting and mulching. Our March Mulch Madness Event will be the following Saturday 8th.

We will be finalizing our grant of 48 raised beds 8x4ft that the Taylorville High School Shop class made for our Gardens of Generosity. Our finally completion date installing and ready to plant is the end of March. Please help us get the raised beds installed with 32inch brick walkways between them. we are very excited for this 50x50 garden to be designated and sponsored by the Springfield Civic Garden Club awarding us a $2,000 grant to purchase lumber and the Support of the Taylorville High School Students making them. Now all we need to do is get them installed and ready to plant for 2025 season. thank you to all who have helped with this project. we are excited for the completion of this installation. also a lovely donation of 50 raised beds size of 47"x 31" lead to us being able to raise additional funds earmarked for another 43 beds of the exact size and make, the rest were purchased out of our general funds to bring a total of 175 raised beds size 47" x 31" ***making a grand total of raised beds for both protects equaling 223 beds this is supper exciting please join us for a massive day of installing brick paths and raised beds.

MARCH Mulch Madness is our starting of a long season of mulching and expanding gardens. Will you join us, for this kick off to our mulching frenzy? we have over 20 dump truck loads of mulch to spread and advance our gardens for improving guest garden experiences. Your volunteering is greatly appreciated. Looking forward to seeing you in the Gardens. emeraldgardensnonprofit.com emeraldgardensil@gmail.com

Our Let Us Plant LETTUCE PLANT event is our spring cool season planting where we put in most of the remaining cool season plants. Join us and Volunteer for a day of fun in the gardens as we plant so many cool season crops.

Spring INTO Action is our Spring Planting of Warm season and flowers and so much more, We invite you to help us design , plant and garden all season long, join us for SRPING INTO ACTION event

This family friendly event is to help promote and show our communities that having fun doesn't need to involve alcohol. Join us in a weekend of activities cookout and picnic options for your family with friends and outdoor games. The more volunteers we have the more we can provide our community members with a location they are sure to make wonderful memories.

we will be doing a fundraiser and will be releasing butterflies at one of our events in MAY or JUNE date to be determined above date is a place holder currently. community members can purchase a butterfly (box //Package ) to release pricing and more information to come as we get volunteers, and sponsors for this fundraiser. stay tuned .

This event is to promote education on pioneer, frontier and time period historical lifestyles and tools. Please join us as we walk through time and visit the past. Seeking time period reenactment vendors please contact us emeraldgardensil@gmail.com for registering your booth and activities.

Our annual event Re-Everything Rally is on the second Saturday in June *(Knit in Public Day) This event is to promote Reuse, Reduce, Recycle. Re-build, Re-fashion, Re-create, ALL of the "Re-Everything" Vendors of handmade/handcrafted, pioneer, farmers market, beekeeper products, goat milk soaps (*please no over produced manufactured industrial items the are NEW) this event is to promote reducing waste to our landfills and promoting a second, third, fourth, life to items Demonstrations of how to basket weave, knit, spinning wool to yarn, and many other fun activities if you are interested in having a booth please contract Emerald Gardens at our email emeraldgardensil@gmail.com

Join us for a sober event and watch Taylorville set off their fireworks over the lake.? not sure yet which day they plan on setting them off 4th or 5th ?

MUD PIE JULY event is to let the youth enjoy playing in the sand piles for sand castles and the dirt piles for making mud pies and other creative play this event is for the fun and education of soil we will offer an educational demonstration of how soil particles are made, the inorganic vs the organic parts to soil, as well as the living web of soil. join us for fun in the dirt, event hosted for our program "FOR THE LOVE OF DIRT" soil science and composting awareness for community

Stone Soup Festival is our fall harvest event to celebrate the yields of the Gardens of Generosity. This event promotes a waste-not; want-not approach to our holistic outreach. As one of the favorite fables/ folk tales of our founder, the story of the STONE SOUP is about community coming together and sharing resources. Celebrating this time honored season, we invite you to join us and make memories sharing resources.

Taylorville Library opens at 10am we will start the meeting shortly after and be done by 1pm. Our Holiday and Your Garden free class will follow 1pm to 3pm

TOUR TIMES: 10am , 2pm, 4pm

Join Young Dance Inc for a fun date night of dancing, with 2 beginner friendly dance lessons at the Party Place. Proceeds from the dance go to Emerald Gardens Cost is $25 per couple.

West Coast Swing Dance Night Fundraiser for Emerald Gardens! Join Young Dance for a night of dancing at the Party Place, while raising money in support of Emerald Gardens. Cost $7 Per Person

ATTENTION: event canceled tomorrow WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING 3 different weather forecasting sources. All indicate that there is a significant chance of rain including thunderstorms. Our board has decided to cancel our Re-Everything Rally event because we do not have storm shelters at this time. The event has been postponed until further notice. We will NOT be rescheduling for the rain date stated on our flier of June 15th. Sorry for the inconvenience. Open Garden Tours 10am, 2pm, 4pm

ATTENTION: event canceled tomorrow WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING 3 different weather forecasting sources. All indicate that there is a significant chance of rain including thunderstorms. Our board has decided to cancel our Re-Everything Rally event because we do not have storm shelters at this time. The event has been postponed until further notice. We will NOT be rescheduling for the rain date stated on our flier of June 15th. Sorry for the inconvenience. Join us June 8th for vendors with Home-Made crafts, up-cycled and recycled goods, and more. Meet like minded people who have a passion for recycling and upcycling. No fee to attend or have a booth! Contact us for more information.

We will have an informational booth and giveaways. Meet our Board Of Directors and discuss our exciting plans for helping the community. Find out more about our Gardens of Generosity, Therapy Gardens, and other programs.

Help us with watering, mulching, cleanup, and more. Get some exercise, fresh air and sunshine!

Sober fun. games, outdoor activities, nature hikes, and more. Firepits and camping sites available. Bring your own food and non-alcoholic beverages.

Come learn how to grow mushrooms, Substrates, BRF/Tek, Liquid Cultures, Growing temps & so much more. Mycelium and other types of fungi form super-important relationships with many plants, shrubs, and trees, creating an interconnected network of diverse living organisms. This Seminar Series is 100% FREE and brought to you by Emerald Gardens and Guest Speaker Twyla Verbinski. No reservations required. Mark your calendar today!

Planting cool season vegetable crops for the 2023 season!

We will be mulching garden areas and doing garden prep for the 2023 season!

We will be mulching garden areas and doing garden prep for the 2023 season!

Planting cool season vegetable crops for the 2023 season!

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