Cook Co Extension is hosting a series of fruit tree pruning workshops this Jan/Feb. Programs are free to attend and open to the public, We just ask that you pre-register. Bring your tools if you have them and dress for the weather. Feel free to call me if you have any questions. I will be on site for most (if not all) of these programs.

Jan 21, 2026, 10 am – 12 noon at Backyard Flower Lab, Winnetka
Jan 21, 2026, 1 – 3 pm at the Talking Farm, Skokie
Feb 7, 2026, 10 am – 12 noon at Farmworks in Chicago (westside) in partnership with Neighborspace
Feb 20, at Passion of Pullman, Chicago (southside) in partnership with Neighborspace TIME TBD – please check back. 
Feb 22 TENTATIVE in Chicago (northside)
date TBD at It Takes a Village Farm, Saulk Village.

Sarah Batka
Local Foods Small Farms Program Coordinator
U of I Extension, Serving Cook County
direct phone 217-300-8636
sbatka@illinois.edu