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Impact Report

For plan Plant Management Systems: Urban Horticulture (Lea County)
Date October 25, 2007, 2:51 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Impact: The Master Gardener course is a 16 week course that begins in mid-January and finishes with a nursery tour on the first Saturday of May. We had 17 participants in this year course. With these individual we were able to assits with the landscaping of two projects 2) The Waittes house which obtained Historicall Status and 3) The Lea County Museum. These projects assited in the beautification of the City of Lovington. Additionally, a irrigation workshop was was held for residents of Lea County which was also used as a recruiting tool to aquire more membershipfor the 2008 Master Gardener classes. Certified Master Gardeners grew by three more members to increase Lea County's enrollment to 38 certified gardeners. These gardeners helped host the annual flower and garden show at the 2007 Lea County Fair. Also, the agent conducted four presentations to local clubs and to local leaders of the county. The groups that were involved were the Llano Estacodo group which is a womens organization in Lovington, the Green Thumb ladies group that meets in Hobbs, the Kiwanins Club of Lovington and the Hobbs Rotary group. These presentation were conducted in May and June with the primary emphasis being on lawn and tree care. Many contacts were made which also resulted in many calls coming to the office because of these presentations.