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| 1032 - Master Gardener | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1032.1) | 47 |
Number of certified Master Gardeners and active volunteers |
| 1032.3) | 1000 |
Number of Master Gardener hours completed in county |
| 1032.4) | 46 |
Number of continuing education hours completed by Master Gardeners |
| 1032.5) | 669 |
Number of direct contacts made by Master Gardeners |
| 1032.7) | 0 |
Number of Master Gardeners who completed a University of Kentucky Leadership Training Course |
| 1032.6) | 15400 |
Number of indirect contacts made by Master Gardeners |
| 1032.2) | 0 |
Number of people with less than 1 year as Master Gardener |
| 1032.8) | 25 |
Number of Master Gardener volunteers who believe the Master Gardener program greatly improves the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service’s connection to the local community |
| 1032.9) | 25 |
Number of master gardener volunteers who believe they developed skills they can use in other areas of their lives |
Author: Kathryn Wimberley
Major Program: Master Gardener
Due to closures of traditional UK Cooperative Extension programs from the Covid-19 Pandemic, the standard flower show of the county fair was canceled. The idea from McCracken County Cooperative Extension Service County Manager prompted creation of a virtual flower show. All participants were able to do this while safer at home. McCracken Horticulture Agent and advisor to McCracken County Extension Master Gardeners (MCEMG) asked for their input on the idea. MCEMG created a committee to deve
Author: Kathryn Wimberley
Major Program: Master Gardener
Current Horticulture Agent is a lifetime master gardener from another state came to McCracken County Extension in 2009 with the idea of smaller programs to provide educational information in horticulture to the county. The plan was to add friendlier, easier outreach. One new idea was to build the volunteer numbers. For each year, over the next 10 years, the master gardener training was offered. This brought new volunteers to PAMGA, at an average of 5 people per year. Some stayed
Author: Kathryn Wimberley
Major Program: Master Gardener
Need: Due to Covid pandemic guidelines in early months of 2021, the Horticulture Agent, Horticulture Assistant, and the McCracken County Extension Master Gardeners (MCEMG) were faced with the challenge of how to conduct the annual flower show in Floral Hall of the county fair. Planning begins in January of each year for the June edition of the County Fair. An alternative to the usual was needed to fit last-minute decision by the Fair committee to hold the 2021 Fair. Agent and Assista
Author: Kathryn Wimberley
Major Program: Master Gardener
The Covid pandemic created a problem for continuing education opportunities for the Extension Master Gardeners. Having a virtual educational program was a good solution. What began as a short term stop-gap for in person programming during the 2020 Pandemic, has become a much-attended weekly horticulture program. Due to the continuing popularity of the Horticulture Webinar Wednesdays program a team of Kentucky Horticulture Agents have continued to present weekly Wednesday Webinars at 12:30 E
