Tailoring Cooperative Extension programs to serve home gardeners

Pittenger, D; Lazaneo, V

Tailoring Cooperative Extension programs to serve home gardeners

Authors

Dennis R. Pittenger
Vincent Lazaneo

Authors Affiliations

Dennis R. Pittenger is Extension Urban Horticulturist, University of California, Riverside; Vincent Lazaneo is Farm Advisor, Cooperative Extension, San Diego County.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 43(5):28-29. DOI:10.3733/ca.v043n05p28. September 1989.

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Abstract

A survey of households in San Diego County suggests that Cooperative Extension could most effectively deliver its university-based information to home gardeners through nurseries and similar professional sources rather than directly. Gardeners preferred those information sources for their convenience.

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