Scott County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019





1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture
1031.1) 5932

Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming



Success Stories

Holiday Open House leads to improved Awareness

Author: Sharon Flynt

Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture

Wanting to formally thank not only volunteers and patrons for their support during the past year, but also coordinating partners, and legislators, a Holiday Open House was planned by agents. The event was envisioned as an occasion where the cooperative extension office opened our doors not only to our volunteers, patrons, and coordinating community partners, but to the public, in general, especially those to those who do not normally access our services.The event started with spreading the word

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Empowering Inexperienced Gardeners

Author: Sharon Flynt

Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture

The Growing Gardeners classes are a series of gardening programs created and conducted by the Scott County Cooperative Extension Horticulture Program. For the year 2018-2019, of the many the series’ classes offered, a group of them specifically addressed the inexperienced gardener’s needs.The classes focused on starting seeds, easy to grown seeds and plants, planting seeds or transplants, alternative gardening techniques, proper garden placement, growing materials and containers, soi

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