Request a Master Gardener speaker 

Are you looking for a speaker for your club, classroom, or event? Illinois Master Gardeners are available to present on a variety of topics. Here are a few options:

• Food production: Hydroponics for Food Production, Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening, Grow Your Own Tree Fruit
• Insects: Native Pollinators, Beneficial Insects: Garden Warriors, Living with Japanese Beetles
• Tree care: Fruit Tree Grafting, How to Kill Your Tree: A guide of what not to do, 
• Landscaping: Easy Care Native Plants, Energy-Efficient Landscaping, Designing a Flower Bed with Seasonal Interest

To request a speaker, please get in touch with your local county Extension office. Most speakers are booked several months in advance. We will do our best to accommodate your request, however, not every county Extension office has horticulture staff or Master Gardeners.

For Master Gardeners

Are you an Illinois Master Gardener that enjoys teaching others how to grow, but you need topics to teach and materials to give to audiences? Extension educators have teamed up to provide ready-to-go presentations through the Master Gardener Speakers Bureaus.

Each program has a PowerPoint, scripts, teaching guides, and handouts. Each session is recorded and available to watch. Guidelines, tips, and instructions on how to download the materials are also available.

The following topics and more are available:

• Food production: Hydroponics for Food Production, Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening, Grow Your Own Tree Fruit,
• Insects: Native Pollinators, Beneficial Insects: Garden Warriors, Living with Japanese Beetles
• Tree care: Fruit Tree Grafting, How to Kill Your Tree: A guide of what not to do, 
• Landscaping: Easy Care Native Plants, Energy-Efficient Landscaping,  Seasonal Care for the Home Landscape: Summer/Fall and Winter/Spring, Late Summer and Fall Colors in the Garden
• Specialty gardens: Container Gardens, Creating a Shady Garden Respite,  Tea Gardens, Designing a Flower Bed with Seasonal Interest,

Master Gardeners can contact their local Illinois Extension office to get the needed teaching materials to deliver research-based programming to their community. 

Questions about the Speaker's Bureau? Contact your nearest Illinois Extension horticulture staff.