Campbell County CES

Title:

Home Horticulture - Children's Garden Program

MAP:

Home Horticulture - Children's Garden Program

Agents Involved:

Stolz, Turner, Thompson, Rex, Vaughn, Harney, Prim, Linepensel

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Blue To You

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

4-H Youth Development Programming

Situation:

Parents are searching for fun educational activities for their children during summer school break. Families are growing their own home gardens and are looking for ways to involve children in the process.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Increase the number of youth garden activities to include an on-going, year-round gardening club.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Extend youth gardening programs to include community gardening and service learning projects.

Initial Outcomes:

Offer camps and garden clubs for children to learn basic garden skills and plant knowledge.

Evaluation:

Long-term Outcome: Children will attend garden programs
 Indicator: participation using skills learned
 Method: Proven techniques
 Timeline: July 2018 – June 2019

 Intermediate Outcome: Children are sustaining vegetables and flowers and recording the progress
 Indicator: youth participation
 Method: observation, community gardens, school gardens
 Timeline: March – June 2019

 Initial Outcome: Participants using plant knowledge in program activities
 Indicator: evaluations, participation
 Method: observation, written evaluation
 Timeline: June – July 2019

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: preschoolers  Project or Activity: Flower Buds  Content or Curriculum: LEAP Curriculum from UK, UK publications in FS and Horticulture Inputs: Lakeside Commons Educational Gardens, Horticulture Agent, Horticulture Technicians, FCS agents  Date: June – August 2018 Audience: Children ages 6-8 and their parents  Project or Activity: Mommy and Me…in the Garden and Kitchen Program  Content or Curriculum: U.K. Curriculums and publications, SNAP-ed materials, newsletters, Money-Wise newsletters, Plate It Up and other UK recipes  Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension agents and program assistant, CES publications, Scholarly family life journals, Extension resources from other states, eXtension resources, community partners.  Date: Monthly from February to September 2018/2019 Audience:  4-H Youth Project or Activity:Junior Master Gardener Program Content or Curriculum:Texas A&M JMG Program Inputs:  Host KY pilot counties for training and utilize Lakeside Commons Educational Gardens Date: Pilot county training September 19-20, 2017, conduct program in Spring/Summer 2018