Success StoryMaster Gardeners Staying Connected



Master Gardeners Staying Connected

Author: Gina Ligon

Planning Unit: Boone County CES

Major Program: Master Gardener

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Boone County: Master Gardeners Staying Connected


Master Gardeners Staying Connected was a virtual program developed to keep Master Gardener volunteers engaged, once the Covid-19 regulations began.   Forty-seven Master Gardener volunteers are invited weekly to engage using zoom.  During our staying connected zoom meetings, Master Gardener volunteers have the opportunity to educate others about plants in their in their yards and University of Kentucky horticulture publication review.


Allowing Master Gardeners to assist in teaching the zoom meetings, it has given them more confidence in their teachings abilities, learning from each other has created a distance bond to help them feel like and team and they are still connected as a group.  This has brought other Master Gardener volunteers out of their shell to get to know other people and just communicating others that might not have talked to before.   Master Gardeners have also mentioned that the zoom program helped their mental health during the stay at home order because some were not in any contact with other people.  This was a comfortable outlet for them to connect with other humans.


Master Gardeners are using their leadership skills, they are gaining knowledge from the University of Kentucky horticulture publications, and this allows them to continue collecting their education hours and volunteer’s hours for the Master Gardener program.






Stories by Gina Ligon


Boone County Master Gardener Virtual Garden Tour

about 3 years ago by Gina Ligon

Boone County Master Gardener Virtual Garden Tour Master Gardener projects and activities were reduce... Read More


Three Days of Nature during a Pandemic

about 3 years ago by Gina Ligon

The pandemic brought a new world and challenges to all aged people in the Boone County Community. H... Read More


Stories by Boone County CES


Youth Stream Team makes Community Impact

Youth Stream Team makes Community Impact

about 3 years ago by Lacey Kessell

Kentucky has over 91,000 miles of rivers and streams and more than225,000 acres of ponds,lakes, and ... Read More


End-of-Life Planning

End-of-Life Planning

about 3 years ago by Diane Mason

Discussing end-of-life wishes and plans can be uncomfortable, but important. With the COVID-19 pande... Read More