Metcalfe County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021
| 1055 - Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1055.1) | 0 |
Number of participants in Extension horticulture programs at senior centers, detention centers, or rehabilitation centers |
| 1055.11) | 0 |
Number of people who developed employment skills from participating in gardening |
| 1055.12) | 48 |
Number of people who improved or maintained physical, emotional, or mental health from participating in gardening |
| 1055.15) | 0 |
Number of pounds of food provided to local non-profit organizations |
Success Stories
Gardening and Outdoor Activity for Physical and Mental Healthiness
Author: Lynn Blankenship
Major Program: Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy
This FCS Agent created a comprehensive curriculum and evaluation, for the April 2021 Mammoth Cave Area Homemakers Leader training, with the theme of Gardening and Outdoor Activity for Physical and Mental Healthiness. This FCS Agent was the first to travel to all ten Counties post COVID, to deliver an approved, COVID safe monthly area Homemaker Leader Training in person, to 64 Homemaker Leaders. These leader volunteers then delivered the lesson to the members of their Homemaker Clubs,
Full Story
- Acting Associate Dean & Director — Craig Wood, Ph.D.
- S107 Ag. Science Center North
- Lexington, KY 40546-0091
- +1 (859) 257-4302
© 2024 University of Kentucky, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment