Horticulture, Consumer and Home Major Program

16455

Total Hours

Contributed.

203240

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

77

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

13401

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of people who gained knowledge in consumer and home  horticulture including: native plants, disease and pests, composting, site analysis, and proper maintenance

6225

Number of people who used Extension information to make decisions on site selection, varieties, and /or maintenance  

2135

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Controlling Invasive Plants

Invasive plants can have major biological, economical and aesthetic impacts on Kentucky by degrading native habitats, decreasing the richness of native species and contributing to the loss of biodiversity. Invasive plants may negatively affect the states economy when they intrude on commercial fishing, aquaculture operations, forestry and agriculture as their removal comes at a cost. When recreational events such as hunting, hiking, fishing, swimming and boating are no longer possible or pleasan...

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