Home Horticulture - Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy
Home Horticulture
Imbus, Turner,
Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy
Master Gardener
Collaborations with: Saratoga Senior Living, Active Day Adult Daycare, Campbell County Public Schools, St. Peter and Paul Elementary, The Seasons Nursing Home, Campbell County Senior Center, Brighton Center, Mentoring Plus, Holly Hill Children’s Home, VA Medical Center Recreation Therapy and Ft. Thomas Public Schools will help to provide space to incorporate learning opportunities and educational assistance to individuals and families about vegetable gardening, horticulture and other environmental topics. These programs also allow a safe space for individuals to incorporate horticulture therapy as part of a healing process into their lives.
Provide the opportunity for healthy, sustainable food, and act as a catalyst for community engagement and developing partnerships.
Provide the tools and resources to provide participants access to safe gardening spaces. Provide an increase in community development by providing inclusive spaces for participants to engage in flower and fruit and vegetable gardening.
Provide opportunity for more participants by increasing the number of garden plots. Work to improve conditions of the gardens through soil amendments, composting and educating gardeners about vegetable pests and diseases (BMP).
Long-term outcome: Increase collaboration with community collaborators, schools, and businesses to invest in gardening space and or other horticulture programming
Indicator: Increase of gardening participation
Method: On-site demonstration, publications
Timeline: 2024-2025
Intermediate outcome: Integrate horticulture programming
Indicator: Increase awareness of mental and physical improvements while gardening and eating more fruit and vegetables
Method: schools, local government, rehabilitation facilities, non-profit organizations
Timeline: 2024-2025
Initial outcome: Provide basic horticulture programming and growing programs for new gardeners
Indicator: County increase need of farm to table programming as indicated by county assessment report 2019
Method: hands on programming and site evaluation as needed
Timeline: 2024-2025
Audience: Community Gardeners and horticulture therapy
Project or Activity: hands on activities based on participants ability. Collaborate with FCS and SNAP-Ed with cooking demonstration classes.
Inputs: Horticulture Agent, Horticulture Technicians, FCS and SNAP
Date: 2024-2025
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: TV segments and Gardening Radio show on 91.7 WVXU.
Inputs: Horticulture Agent, Horticulture TechniciansDate: 2024-2025
Audience: Youth Gardening
Project or Activity: Build agriculture awareness and showcase where food comes from
Curriculum: Agriculture Awareness, Farm Tours, Farm to School
Inputs: Schools, Farmers Markets, Horticulture staff, Master Gardener Volunteers
Date: 2024-2025