Author: Deborah Stumbo
Planning Unit: Pike County CES
Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Plan of Work: Horticulture (Commercial/Home/Consumer) and Small Farm Development
Outcome: Initial Outcome
The problem-- BCTCS staff requested a training on how to "develop a small vegetable garden in a container"
The educational program response-- Workshop for trainings and "Hands-On" applications for starting a small home vegetable Garden. Each of 22 participants, did training and used "Hands-On" to develope their own small container garden with a small tomato plant and edible flowers & lettuces. Which they were able to take home and put on a patio to have fresh vegetables and salads all summer.
The participants/target audience-- Audience was staff of the Big Sandy Community and Technical College at the Pikeville campus.
Other partners (if applicable)-- BCTCS for advertising/organizing
Program impact or participant response. 22 individuals learned to plant and grow fresh tomatoes, lettuces, and edible flowers. Plants were both beautiful and edible.
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