Extension
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| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1031.1) | 75 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Author: Roger Mollette
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Martin County Extension Service is well aware of the importance of educating the youth of Martin County on all the different aspects of agriculture. For the sixth consecutive year we have provided plant science activities at every elementary school during Earth Week. This year we added the Middle school to the programming efforts. We also added partners to the program to make it more expansive. We were joined by Martin County Farm Bureau and the Soil Conservation District This year 1,100 you
Author: Roger Mollette
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Martin County Extension Service hosted the seventeenth annual “Plant Trade Day”.The event included gardening tips and information, greenhouse tours, plant and seed swap, tree seedlings from the Kentucky Department of Forestry and free heirloom tomato plants. This year we had approximately 250 in attendance.This activity makes if possible for the Extension Service to make many new contacts each year resulting in increased participation in other programs which will have an impact f
