Home Horticulture - Enabled GardenersPlan of Work

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Title:
Home Horticulture - Enabled Gardeners
MAP:
Home Horticulture - Enabled Gardeners
Agents Involved:
Stolz, Turner, Vaughn
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Home & Consumer Horticulture
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Food Preservation
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Situation:
The Campbell County Horticulture Extension Program has a well-established Enabled Gardens Initiative. Enabled Demonstration gardens have been established at: the Lexington Arboretum, Ft. Thomas Veterans Administration Domiciliary, Lakeside Commons Educational Gardens, local high schools, and adult day care facilities. Horticulture has proven to be therapeutic for individuals suffering from mental and physical difficulties. Making this possible for all clientele is the goal of this program.
Long-Term Outcomes:
The Campbell County Enabled Garden Program will become a leading resource for individuals, care providers, institutions and hospitals to learn all facets of horticulture therapy.
Intermediate Outcomes:
The Campbell County Horticulture Program will host educational opportunities for the community to learn and implement enabled gardens.
Initial Outcomes:
Raised bed gardens to be established at county sites. Increase the number of individuals benefiting from this program by 30%.
Evaluation:

Long-term Outcome: Institutions and individuals seek out information from the Campbell County Enabled garden program instructors.
Indicator: Data received from participating organizations.
Method: face-to-face
Timeline: July 2017 – June 2018

Intermediate Outcome: The Campbell County Horticulture Department hosts a series of educational programs for care providers.
Indicator: Data received from participants and visits to sites
Method: evaluations
Timeline: July 2017 – June 2018


Initial Outcome: Participating individuals and care facilities institute a garden program at their site.
Indicator: observation, evaluation
Method: survey
Timeline: July 2017 – June 2018

Learning Opportunities:
Audience: Clientele with   limitations, caregivers, hospital staff, nursing facility/adult day care   employees, teachers & aides
Project or Activity: Seed Starting and gardening skills for beginners
Content or Curriculum: Proven techniques
Inputs: Horticulture Agent, Horticulture Technicians
Date: February, March, April 2018

Audience: Clientele with limitations, caregivers, hospital staff, nursing facility/adult day care employees, teachers & aides
Project or Activity: Harvesting Produce, Preparing Healthy Meals
Content or Curriculum: Proven techniques
Inputs: Horticulture Agent, Horticulture Technicians
Date: July 2017 – June 2018

Audience: Clientele with limitations, caregivers, hospital staff, nursing facility/adult day care employees, teachers & aides
Project or Activity: Flower Arranging
Content or Curriculum: Proven techniques
Inputs: Horticulture Agent, Horticulture Technicians
Date: July 2017- June 2018

Audience: Clientele with limitations, caregivers, hospital staff, nursing facility/adult day care employees, teachers & aides
Project or Activity: Install native garden to feed wildlife and attract beneficial insects.
Content or Curriculum: Proven techniques
Inputs: Horticulture Agent, Horticulture Technicians
Date: July 2017- June 2018





Success Stories

Campbell County Detention Center Gardens

Author: Sarah Imbus

Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture

Campbell County Detention Center has 191 females in their facility, 40 female Department of Corrections classified females participate in the Class C/D program. The program offers various work programs for women inmates to provide them with on the job training. Job positions that are offered range from laundry, janitorial and food service positions with in the facility to skill-intensive positions working with civilians in the community.Now growing in the 4th season, the garden in the urban part

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