This spring, the Senior SNAP-Ed Assistant worked and combined efforts with the Johnson County Family Resource Centers Garden Club. They supplied seeds, plants, and other garden material and information to over 100 families in Johnson County. About 40% of the participants had already gardened in the past and about 60% were first-time gardeners. 

Some of the beginner participants built garden boxes, some used pots, and others borrowed plows and made a traditional garden. They took pictures from the beginning and throughout the growing season.

All the families have given feedback, reporting a huge success, and some are continuing with a fall garden. They have turned in pictures of their harvest, showing how they are now preserving the foods they have grown. One family who made a garden box stated that they enjoyed their garden and family time so much that they were going to expand and double their garden next year.