Links and Reviews for Countryside Center

The following 2 sites have linked to our Countryside Center website. Links to commercial products or enterprises do not constitute endorsement by University of Illinois Extension.

Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Illinois/Localities/C/Countryside/
"Extension of the University of Illinois focusing on studies related to family, behavioural research, aging and horticulture."

WGN Radio
http://wgnradio.com/shows/gardening/info.htm
"If you wanna grow plants, you gotta start with the basics, and things don't get much more basic than soil. So I was pleased to have two people who know their stuff about what happens around a plant's feet: University of Illinois Extension Agronomist Ellen Phillips from the Countryside office, and Horticulturist Jennifer Brennan from Chalet Nursery and Garden Shop in Wilmette. You might know that the soils in Northern Illinois are largely clayey and largely alkaline. But did you know that the two conditions are NOT related? Well, I didn't. In fact, according to Jennifer, some parts of the country have acid clay soils."