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| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1031.1) | 198 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Author: Bethany Pratt
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Gardening does so much more than produce food. At Volunteers of America (VOA), incarcerated adults participated in gardening to help in their recovery. Led by Extension volunteer and UK alumnus, Dave, over the course of the summer, sixty different people got to experience some aspect of seasonal gardening. About 80% of the participants had some previous gardening experience and the other 20% got to experience gardening for the first time. Working out in the garden allowed experienced partic
Author: Bethany Pratt
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Jefferson Co. Agent for Horticulture Education collaborated with the Urban Conservationist with Jefferson County Soil & Water Conservation District and local non-profit, Louisville Grows to host the Urban Homesteading Workshop Series. The goal of the program was to introduce the art of self-sufficiency via homegrown food production for people living in an urban environment. Classes met twice a month, March.-Oct. of 2019 with a celebration in November. 2019 was the second year t
Author: Bethany Pratt
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Horticulture Agent has been leading a weekly gardening program at the Women’s Healing Place since the Spring of 2016. The leadership of the program has undergone some changes since 2016, but since 2019 the need to develop a stronger leadership structure that is less dependent on Extension has become apparent. Starting in the winter of 2019, the Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Volunteer began working with the garden meeting participants to develop a more sustainable leadership st
Author: Stephen Lewis
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
2020 has been a challenging year as an emerging virus pandemic has altered the way that society has traditionally functioned. Our social norms have been turned upside down and everyday occurrences that we have taken for granted are being re-evaluated in a new light. Social distancing guidelines have put a strain on how extension agents are able to interact with their clientele, as in-person meetings have been put on hold indefinitely. Therefore, agents must come up with innovative ways to remain
