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Allerton Park & Retreat Center

Eat Your Flowers

with Leah Bodine

$45

Experience Level: Any

Learn how to use edible flowers in your cooking in this hands-on class on Tuesday, July 8th from 5:30-7:30pm in the Mansion Carriage House.

$45/person*, Register here by June 24th. All sales are final.

Learn more about the space where your course will take place here. 

If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate, please email owarren@illinois.edu.

By attending, you consent to your image being used in Allerton marketing, social media and publications. Please alert the photographer or videographer if you do not want your image taken.

About the instructor

Leah Bodine calls herself the ‘accidental chef’ with years of experience in the food industry. She started her catering company, Blue Dragonfly Catering, to express her creative mind in food preparation and cultivating recipes. She loves sharing her skills with others and seeing the fascination on students’ faces when they realize how creative they can be and how easy it is to do so.Her experiences in the food industry have led her to live in Paris and cater for rock and country legends.

About The Farms

The Farms: An Allerton Folk School, offers classes, workshops, and gatherings focusing on art, health & wellness, history, nature & outdoor education, or science. All experiences value hands-on, experiential teaching and learning, and are facilitated by and for the members of the community.

See the complete Summer Session schedule here.

  • Jul 8th, 2025
    Tue from 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Allerton Mansion

217-333-3287

515 Old Timber Road
Monticello, IL 61856 Get directions

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