Campbell County CES

Title:

Home Horticulture - Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy

MAP:

Home Horticulture

Agents Involved:

Imbus, Turner,

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Horticulture, Consumer and Home

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Master Gardener

Situation:

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. 

Long-Term Outcomes:

Provide the opportunity for healthy, sustainable food, and act as a catalyst for community engagement and developing partnerships.

Intermediate Outcomes:

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. 

Initial Outcomes:

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).

Evaluation:

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

Learning Opportunities:

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 Technicians

Date: 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