Perry County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020
| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1031.1) | 25 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Success Stories
Gardening Options for Everyone
Author: Glenna Wooten
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
In the spring of 2019, the Perry County Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Sciences agent offered a class on Gardening Options for Everyone. This lesson covered gardening basics such as soil, light, and drainage as well as spacing, planting depth, and caring for plants. Since many people in southeastern Kentucky now have only one or two in the household, a large garden is no longer the best option for them. Smaller container gardens or raised bed gardens are better opti
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Community Youth Garden Project
Author: Charles May
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
To assist parents with bored children at home with nothing to do besides play video games all day, the Perry County Extension Service ANR Agent started a neighborhood gardening club.This involved getting children in one neighborhood interested in growing their own garden. First, with some parent’s assistance, they had to clear off an overgrown area to make a site for a garden. This involved two days of hard work but the children seemed to enjoy it especially when they saw what a nic
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