Extension
It Starts With Us
Home & Consumer Horticulture
Leadership Development
Stumbo, Workman, Froman, Porter
Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Master Gardener
Volunteer Development
Health
Gardening is not just a nice hobby it can improve nutrition, reduce stress, and be used as a therapeutic treatment in a variety of individuals. Environmentally, gardening can contribute to a community in providing a sociable environment, improve water quality, and reduce a community’s waste stream through composting of organic material. All of these assertions are supported in the program manual for the Kentucky Master Gardener Program.
Home Gardening is a key to better nutrition and healthier foods. An emphasis is in setting ground work for more home gardening and fruit production.
Landscaping is also an important factor in residential and commercial property as well as increasing the attractiveness of a community. Landscaping both soft-scaping and hard-scaping can add up to 20% to the value of a home.
An effective means for making gardening and landscaping more popular and widespread is through the Kentucky Master Gardener Program (MGP). This well-established program is oriented towards creating leaders as much as it is devoted to increasing the knowledge of its participants. A successful MGP can expand by efforts of gardeners to teach others about the benefits of gardening and demonstrate the benefits of gardening through gardening projects, such as community gardens, community beautification projects, heritage or heirloom gardening, and youth gardening. Since MGP participants tend to come from a variety of backgrounds, this program is an excellent way for people to get involved with Extension programming and for Extension to spread its influence county wide.
Walking and horseback trails are a way for the residents and visitors to Pike County to become healthier and encourage a healthier lifestyle and economic boost to area.
Goal 1: The increase in community involvement in social, environmental, and economic conditions as they relate to agriculture, landscaping, and community beautification and good health.
Goal 2: Youth will utilize the scientific method to solve problems in their daily lives.
Goal 3: Youth will choose a career path in science, engineering or technology subject matter.
Goal 4: Youth will utilize the scientific method in decision making.
Goal 5: Pike County residents and visitors will utilize our county as a walkable community.
Goal 1: Increased community involvement in development of walking/hiking and horseback riding trails
Goal 2: Increased community involvement in development of community beautification both at home and in the community.
Goal 3: Increased individual involvement in improvement of their home situation.
Goal 4: Increased community nutrition and health benefits through support of the Farmers Market and home gardening.
Goal 5: Increased numbers of home gardeners.
Goal 6: Youth will utilize the scientific methods to solve problems in their daily life.
Goal 7: Youth will choose a career path in science, engineering or technology subject matter.
Goal 8: Youth will utilize the scientific method in decision making.
Goal 9:An increase in home beautification projects by participating individuals
Goal 1: Change awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices in the Home and Community Environment
Goal 2:An increase in awareness of Master Gardener program
Goal 3:Increase awareness of community projects supported by the Master Gardeners
Goal 4:Awareness of the health benefits from buying locally at the Farmers Market
Goal 5:Increase in community support of walking and horseback riding trails
Goal 6:Youth will increase interest and engagement in 4-H science, engineering and technology.
Goal 7:Youth will learn new skills in 4-H science, engineering and technology programs.
Goal 8:Youth be introduced to careers in science, engineering and technology programs.
Goal 9:Teens will participate in science, engineering, and technology 4-H programs to acquire new skills.
Long-term Outcome:
Indicator: Increase in community involvement with healthier lifestyles by more opportunities for physical activity in the environment
Method: Follow-up survey’s and observations of trail use
Timeline: on going
Indicator: Increase in community involvement in beautification of the environment both community and home
Method: Survey and community observation
Timeline: Yearly
Intermediate Outcome:
Indicator: Positive changes related to trails and community safety and appearance
Method: Follow-up, Surveys, observations
Initial Outcome:
Indicator: Clients will gain knowledge of practices to improve responsible gardening and landscaping that involves more efficient techniques and maintenance
Method: tracking of volunteer hours and monitoring of actual projects
Timeline: as appropriate
Indicator: Clients will develop a more efficient ways to grow produce to add dollar value to amounts earned by farmers’ market plus value of home produce
Method: tracking of farmers’ market results, random sampling from individual families, and tracking of applicable volunteer hours
Timeline: year round
Indicator: Clients will change techniques to enhance a safer environment by changes in cultural practices in lawns and gardens to allow for a more environmental safe way of production (measureable)
Method: Tracking of applicable volunteer hours and in-depth interviews with selected gardeners and homeowners to see the benefit of bmp’s
Timeline: Year round
Indicator: The number of individuals involved in walking and riding trails
Method: Creation of walking trail map for Pike County.
Timeline: 2018 & 2019.
Indicator: The number of youth participating and exhibiting knowledge of agriculture through 4-H projects and judging activities
Method: Tracking 4 H youths in their activities
Timeline: Year round
Indicator: The number of individuals attending workshops and demo's to gain knowledge of fruit and vegetable production
Method: Follow-up to determine use of training
Timeline: Year round
Indicator: Number of youth who use knowledge and skills from 4-H science, engineering and technology in life. Number of youth who follow scientific methods when making decisions. Number of youth completing displays or exhibits in relation to science and technology.
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Master Gardener Program
Content or Curriculum: Master Gardener Training
Inputs: Paid staff, volunteers, University personnel
Date: Fall 2014-2016
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Master Gardener Meetings
Content or Curriculum: UK materials/programs
Inputs: Agents, volunteers, University personnel
Date: Year round
Audience: Adults from across the county
Project or Activity: Greater Appalachian Trail & the Pike Energy Trail
Content or Curriculum: As needed
Inputs: Agents, Forestry Dept., Health Dept., County Judges office, Fish and Wildlife, Core of Engineers
Date: Year round
Audience: Hikers
Project or Activity: Bob Amos Trail
Content or Curriculum: UK materials
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, Master Gardeners
Date: Year round
Audience: Hikers/children
Project or Activity: Grants Park Trail
Content or Curriculum: As needed
Inputs: Agents, Master Gardeners, Forestry Dept., County
Date: Year round
Audience: Homeowners
Project or Activity: Landscaping Workshop
Content or Curriculum: UK materials
Inputs: Master Gardeners, UK specialists, Agents
Date: Year round
Audience: Individual Homeowners
Project: Fruit & Vegetable Production Workshops
Content or Curriculum: UK materials
Inputs: Master Gardeners, UK Specialists, Agents
Date: Year round
Audience: Forest owners and community
Project or Activity: Shiitake Mushrooms & other forest products
Content or Curriculum: UK Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, specialists, volunteers
Date: Spring / Fall
Audience: 4-H Age Youth 9-19
Project or Activity: 4-H Science, Engineering and Technology
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Robots Clubs, 4-H Robotic Curriculum, Computer, Technology for Kids, House of Code Program and Tec-Xite program
Inputs: Workshops, project groups and parent lead groups
Date: 2016-2020
Audience: 4-H Age Youth 9-19
Project or Activity: Science, Engineering and Technology
Content or Curriculum: Bicycle Safety, Electricity, ATV Curriculum, Small Engines & Carteens
Inputs: National 4-H Council Project Books, Project Camps, Project Groups and Self-Directed Projects
Date: 2016-2020
Audience: 4-H Age 9-19
Project or Activity: Science, Engineering and Technology
Content or Curriculum: Aerospace Adventure Series, After School Agriculture
Inputs: 4-H Project Camp, Project Books form the National 4-H Supply, Self-Directed Study and Project Groups
Date: 2016-2020
Audience: General population
Project/Activity: Pike County FCS Council walking project
Content or curriculum: Creating a usable map of safe walking spaces in the county.
Inputs: FCS council, county government, YMCA, school systems, county residents
Date: 2018-2019
Author: Deborah Stumbo
Major Program: Master Gardener
80% of Pike County residents own their own home and have enough property to do anything from a small patio garden up to a large family garden. Our residents have one of the highest medical problem rates in the state and nation. With the current conditions due to the Covid epidemic, many of our groceries have limited fruits and vegetables. This year many of our residents indicted an interest in growing their own vegetables that are not touched by multiple people. A large n
