Commercial Horticulture - Landscape EcosystemsMajor Program

2846

Total Hours

Contributed.

5553

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

667

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

41

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals reporting a high or very high increase in knowledge (of planting, maintenance, pruning, site analysis) after participating in the program

437

Number of consumers who implemented proper pruning techniques and/or plant maintenance practices after participating in the program

535

Number of nursery landscapers, arborists, etc.  who implemented proper pruning techniques and/or plant maintenance practices after participating in the program

214

Number of consumers noticing a reduction in heating and/or cooling bills due to strategically planted trees/landscape

16

Number of consumers noticing noise reduction as a result of strategically planting trees/landscape

27

Number of nursery landscapers, arborists, etc. that reported a more profitable business as a result of planting in appropriate sites (as suggested by Extension)

16

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