Success StoryMaster Gardener Plant Sale
Master Gardener Plant Sale
Author: Lorilee Kunze
Planning Unit: Bullitt County CES
Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Plan of Work: Natural Resources and the Environment
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
Bullitt County is a community adjacent to Louisville and it is extremely hard to engage community members in educational events at the Extension office. For the past decade, the Annual Master Gardener Plant Sale has an innovative and fun way to get new people in to Extension and involved in other Extension Programs.
The Plant Sale itself is an excellent draw to the community and a great marketing tool This past year the sale hosted 51 booths of local farmers, nurseries, artisans and entrepreneurs from Bullitt and surrounding counties. 23 Master Gardener Voluniteers worked the event, providing information about plants, ecology and upcoming events at Extension. We had 2342 community members come to the event in person, with over 12,000 shares and impressions on social media.
This event is a fun way for people to be introduced to Extension and what we have to offer the community. Each year we add new people to our mailing lists (53 this year), gain participants in other programming (such as art guild and 4H) and sign up new master gardener volunteers (2 this year, 11 over the last 8 years).
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