Extension
It Starts With Us
| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1031.1) | 200 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Author: Lori Bowling
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The bi-annual vegetable field day was held at a local farm that is active with the Boyd County Farmers Market and gardening community. This year the field day featured educational stations on mushrooms, garden insects, fruits, backyard poultry and poultry processing basics. Participants of this years field day reported that they really enjoyed the locally sourced meal and the knowledge they gained on how to increase their garden production as well as information on adding new product
Author: Lori Bowling
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The horticulture Extension program offered a greenery/wreath making program designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for individuals to create a holiday wreath for their home or business. During the 2week long event there were over 650 wreaths made with 552 participants from 3 states and 7 Kentucky counties. We also offer this program to the special needs 4-H clubs and over 70 kids participated in making their own holiday wreath. As a result of this community program over 95
Author: Lori Bowling
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Boyd County Extension Agent for Horticulture partnered with the NEP Specialist in Boyd County on a program to teach headstart and first graders about how to raise their own vegetables. This was a lesson that followed the 6 week program they had with Organ Annie about how healthy eating affects our major organs. Leaf lettuce was the crop chosen for this lesson so that the kids would see a pretty quick result from planting seeds. The horticulture agent went into each classroo
Author: Lori Bowling
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Every May the Horticulture program and the Master Gardeners in Boyd County host a Garden Shed Herb Day that is aimed at educating participants on the many uses of herbs as well as how to raise them and incorporate them into everyday landscaping. This year the focus was on the benefits herbs play in the landscape as plants but also as natural deterrents for wild life that destroy our landscaping. They learned what plants to use and where to place them to be the most effective. There w
