Author: Annette Heisdorffer
Planning Unit: Daviess County CES
Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Plan of Work: Agriculture Production, Management, and Environment
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Gardening in raised beds has grown in popularity as people want to grow more of their own food. Limited space and lack of power equipment are barriers for implementing a vegetable garden in the backyard. Raised bed gardening fits in small spaces and only requires hand tools. With the leadership of the Extension Master Gardeners, they developed and maintained the Raised Bed Demonstration Garden at the Daviess County Cooperative Extension Service Office. The “Extension Master Gardener Raised Bed Demonstration Garden Tour” was held in August to show the different materials used to make raised beds and how to grow different vegetables in them. After the educational program, the 30 participants toured the garden and spoke with Extension Master Gardeners providing the tour. As a result of the program, 23 participants responding to a self-reporting survey indicated that 91% of them learned what soil to use in raised garden beds and 87% learned the different types of materials that can be used for constructing raised bed. In addition, 100% plan to incorporate one or more aspects of the demonstration garden in their own garden in the future. One participant said that this program provided him/her with “confidence to try this myself”. Describe the Issue or Situation.
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