Success StoryHorticulture Webinar Wednesday Virtual Programming Continues to See Growth



Horticulture Webinar Wednesday Virtual Programming Continues to See Growth

Author: Sharon Flynt

Planning Unit: Scott County CES

Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home

Plan of Work: Basic Life Skills for Youth and Adults in Scott County

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Horticulture Webinar Wednesday virtual programming continues to see interest and growth in its third season. Since February 2022, when the 3rd season started, through June 30, 2022, a total of  522 attendees have participated in the twenty live weekly webinars. Additionally, the zoom based “lunch and learn” horticultural program continues draw in participants not only at the weekly Wednesday webinars at 12:30 ET-11:30 CT, but also through the Horticulture Webinar Wednesdays YouTube channel. The channel has received 34,516 views with 4,900 watch hours since it first launched in April 2020 by a team of Horticulture agents across the state. The channel presently has 530 subscribers. However, rapid growth in 2022 has been noted with a 10% increase for monthly viewing (2500 views monthly.) The viewer population is 67.9% female and 32.1% male. Age of viewers include 27.5% ages 25-34: 25.7% ages 45-54 and 23.9% ages 65+.






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