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About Us
County Impact Statements - Pulaski County
Information...The most important tool in the landscape.
Information really is the most powerful tool we can use in the landscape.
With gardening as Americans #1 pastime, more money is being spent on and more
pesticides are being applied to landscapes, lawns and gardens.
Master Gardeners provide non-biased information to Pulaski County residents,
giving them a powerful tool to help them become informed consumers, safe
pesticide applicators and successful gardeners whether it is just one tomato
plant in a pot or a large lawn and landscape.
Information is also important to the nurseryman and landscape maintenance
professionals. The Pulaski County Extension Service provides the latest
research-based information to help these professionals solve insect, disease and
weed control problems. Training is a tool that keeps these professionals up to
date and helps them provide the best information, products and services possible
to their customers.
Master Gardener Volunteers Tom Mertens and Marilyn Tilley answer
questions at the Extension Office Horticulture Clinic.
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Impacts
- In FY 2000, 53 educational programs relating to urban horticulture were
conducted. 1,254 Pulaski County residents received information they could
use in their landscape.
- In FY2000, 9,139 Pulaski County residents had their questions answered
via the daily Horticulture Clinic. An additional 18,607 calls were placed to
the Horticulture Hotline and 1,695 fact sheets were mailed.
- In FY 2000 the Pulaski County Master Gardeners' services to Pulaski
County were valued at $126,040. Fifty-two (52) new Master Gardeners
Volunteers were trained, bringing the number of active volunteers to 238.
These volunteers donated over 8,400 hours of service on 18 community
projects and answered over 3,000 questions through the Horticulture Clinic.
- In 2001 Arkansas Flower and Garden Show promoted the "Green Industry" to
13,000 visitors.
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