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:

4-H Youth Development Programming

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

LEAP

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Food Preparation

MAJOR PROGRAM 4:

Keys to Embracing Aging

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: Throughout the year

Intermediate Outcome: Children are sustaining vegetables and flowers and recording the progress
Indicator: youth participation
Method: observation, community gardens, school gardens
Timeline: Throughout the year

Initial Outcome: Participants using plant knowledge in program activities

Indicator: evaluations, participation

Method: observation, written evaluation

Timeline: Throughout the year

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: monthly throughout the year 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: February – September of each year 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: Conduct program in Spring/Summer yearly Bottom of Form