February 15, 2021
Horticulture agents that work with commercial fruit and vegetable producers throughout SC have been busy at work over the last few months creating and delivering production workshops and creating an online presence. SCGrower.com is a weekly blog in which agents post crops, pests, and weather updates. Agents decided that this was a great place to […]
November 23, 2020
HGIC has another record-breaking month. October 2020 shows that the traffic to HGIC is not slowing down anytime soon. Total phone calls answered 928 (answered 665 calls in Oct 2019) Total emails answered 851 (answered 350 emails in Oct 2019) Website Pageviews 529,531 (pageviews 238,882 in 2019) Top 10 Topics for Calls and Emails: Lawn […]
November 23, 2020
Master Gardener Mondays: A Virtual Learning Series for SC Master Gardeners Situation: South Carolina Master Gardeners play a vital role in assisting Extension Agents with meeting the public’s demand for reliable horticulture/gardening information. Master Gardeners must complete ten hours of continuing education annually to stay current with the latest gardening topics and research. As a […]
October 12, 2020
Like many aspects of Extension, the School Gardening for South Carolina Educators program has remained busy despite the challenges of COVID-19. This year alone the program has brought in: In 2019-220 the program: enrolled 20 new schools maintained the 40 existing and active schools already served by the program trained more than 175 teachers throughout […]
September 14, 2020
HGIC has another record-breaking summer with website hits and calls more than doubling compared to last year. The HGIC team fielded over 1,100 phone calls and has answered almost that many emails. The website continues to get lots of traffic with more than 628,000 views for an over 70% increase, with over 33,000 views on […]
July 20, 2020
In April 2019, the Food Crop Horticulture Program Team created a blog for fruit and vegetable news, titled “The South Carolina Grower” (scgrower.com). The idea was to create a platform for sharing field updates, pest alerts, upcoming events, and new production information with produce growers and other interested parties. The ultimate goal for the blog […]
June 1, 2020
Water Resources and Horticulture Team Up to Promote Environmentally Friendly Landscaping With the cancellation of all in-person classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was critical for Clemson Extension to find alternative methods in order to fulfill its mission. While Extension has had an online presence with online courses, websites, and social media, little has been […]
May 22, 2020
Horticulture Team Agents Amy Dabbs and Megan Shearer hosted a webinar on May 14th on How to Grow an Herb Garden for South Carolina educators as part of the Clemson Extension Horticulture Team’s School & Community Gardening program. They had 175 participants register and 140 actually attend the event. Prior to the workshop, registrants received […]
