Hopkins County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018
| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1031.1) | 876 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Success Stories
Summer Gardening Series A Success
Author: Erika Wood
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
~A summer gardening class series was conducted at the Hopkins County Extension Office as a way to meet the increasing demands of Hopkins County residents interested in various lawn and garden topics. Three different classes were taught in the summer of 2017. The first class was on Landscape Plants for Shade. This class taught about the different kinds of ornamental plants that thrive in various shady conditions of a garden. The second class was called Gardening and Your H
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Plant Swap Enhances People’s Knowledge of Plants
Author: Erika Wood
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
In the past two years, the Pennyroyal Master Gardener Association has held a spring and fall plant swap at the Hopkins County Farmers Market. The purpose of the plant swap was to give the community an opportunity to come swap plants with one another. Participants brought plants they were willing to give away and then could pick from plants donated by other participants to take home. A wide range of plants were brought to the swap and included the following: herbaceous perennial
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