Community Gardens and Horticulture TherapyMajor Program

2816

Total Hours

Contributed.

6611

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

0

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

237

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of participants in Extension horticulture programs at senior centers, detention centers, or rehabilitation centers  

1850

Number of people who developed employment skills from participating in gardening  

1096

Number of people who improved or maintained physical, emotional, or mental health from participating in gardening

3952

Number of pounds of food provided to local non-profit organizations

149030

Stories

Goodwill Planting Day

It is important to provide gardening knowledge, materials and supplies to the community, especially those who face challenges and have limited resources. Many people have never had the opportunity to see or work in a real garden, which means they have never had the chance to watch something they plant grow and produce fresh vegetables to eat. The McCracken County Cooperative Extension Service received a Community and School Garden Grant from the Kentucky Nutrition Education Program which helped ...

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Goodwill Planting Day

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Senior Center Raised Garden Beds Feed Community

    The horticulture agent was contacted by the Paducah McCracken Senior Center in McCracken County because they needed more plants for their raised beds. The agent donated a couple trays of tomato and le... Read More

  • Gardening and Nutrition Education Program - AVOL

    AVOL Kentucky is an essentialcomponentofthe Fayette County community with the goals of helping medically vulnerable people navigate to permanent and stable housing, access medical care (health screeni... Read More

  • Recovery garden

    Drug and alcohol addiction is a growing concern across America. As we look for ways to help individuals recover, the Mason County Extension Office partnered with the local outpatient recovery center. ... Read More

  • 2024 Community Garden

    Exercise and Activity for residents of assisted living centers is a necessity for good health. Residents often enjoy have day to day task and these routines can be apart of an exercise regiment that p... Read More

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