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| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1031.1) | 2100 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Author: Lori Bowling
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Horticulture Therapy is defined as the art of cultivating plants to promote the well-being of humans. It is the use of horticulture activities that are used to enhance therapy and rehabilitation efforts but it is also useful to help enhance overall health and individuals overall well-being. The Horticulture agent and the Nutrition Education Program (NEP) Assistant in Boyd County partnered together to offer a Recovery Garden program with the residents of Sanibel House, an addiction re
Author: Lori Bowling
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
In February the Boyd County Master Gardeners made up 850 grab bags of garden seed that had been donated by the local Rural King store for a large tri-state Home and Garden Show that is host to over 50 vendors and approximately 75,000 visitors during the 3 day event. Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the cancellation of this event, the extension office was left with all of these grab bags full of seed and no events were being held to hand them out. With spring garden season only a month
Author: Lori Bowling
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Boyd County Extension Horticulture programs have increased the use of social media in the past year to reach a more diverse audience. The program started with increasing facebook posts about upcoming programs and then posting pictures of community involvement in the programs after they occurred. This resulted in an increase in interest and participation in programs. As the events of the Covid-19 crisis started to affect how the Extension service was able to continue w
