Campbell County CES

Title:

Home Horticulture - Children's Garden Program

MAP:

Home Horticulture - Children's Garden Program

Agents Involved:

Stolz, Thompson, Rex, Vaughn, Harney, Turner

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 2017 – June 2018

Intermediate Outcome: Children are sustaining vegetables and flowers and recording the progress
Indicator: youth participation
Method: observation, community gardens, school gardens
Timeline: March – June 2018

Initial Outcome: Participants using plant knowledge in program activities
Indicator: evaluations, participation
Method: observation, written evaluation
Timeline: June – July 2018

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 2017/2018 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