The Ecology Action Center will host the 23rd annual Yard Smart Garden Walk on July 18.This FREE tour highlights beautiful and functional yards in our community that protect our environment, benefit wildlife, and use few or no synthetic chemicals. The tour features home and non-profit/public facility gardens of different styles. Participants tour all the gardens together and then gather together at the end for lunch and a short presentation from the University of Illinois Extension. Use the button below to sign up, spaces are limited. 
The Yard Smart program promotes a more sustainable approach to lawn and garden maintenance. Working with nature to build a healthier ecosystem in both the soil below ground, the yard above ground, and reducing pollutants that runoff into our local water supplies will create a more beautiful, sustainable and safer environment for everyone— children and adults, pets and wildlife. The program encourages local homeowners to reduce the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, to conserve natural resources such as water and fossil fuels, and to make room for wildlife in their yards. Yard Smart Certification recognizes local homeowners who use ecologically sustainable practices in maintaining their yards and who realize that their lawn, garden and landscaping decisions affect the health of the whole community.
If you have a garden you would like featured on a future Yard Smart Garden Walk, please contact Katie Vogler at 309-454-3169 x13 or [email protected]
Make sure to sign up for our Yard Smart Updates email list to be the first to know about the walk!
