Master GardenerMajor Program

8046

Total Hours

Contributed.

32838

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

0

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

3300

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of continuing education hours completed  by Master Gardeners

7563

Number of certified Master Gardeners and active volunteers

1038

Number of Master Gardener volunteers who believe the Master Gardener program greatly improves the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service’s connection to the local community

774

Number of direct contacts made by Master Gardeners

43567

Number of Master Gardeners who completed a University of Kentucky Leadership Training Course

74

Number of people with less than 1 year as Master Gardener

226

Number of master gardener volunteers who believe they developed skills they can use in other areas of their lives

758

Number of indirect contacts made by Master Gardeners

183737

Number of Master Gardener hours completed in county

26915

Stories

Master Gardener Juleps and Tulips Program

The Lakes of Paducah reached out needing to get their residents more involved in hands-on activities that involve gardening. Three master gardener, The Horticulture Agent, Horticulture Assistant, and several office staff of the center volunteered to help. Bud Qualk, Master Gardener president, lead the program and educated the residents about the plants he brought. The volunteers handed out three different types of plants and the residents placed them in the planters. They wore their homemade der...

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