Growing Health

🗓️ Date: April 17, 2026
🕘 Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
📍 Location: First-floor training room at the Greenville County Clemson Extension office, 352 Halton Road, Greenville, SC 29607

In the Growing Health program, participants will learn the basics of home gardening, the health benefits of the seasonal produce grown, and how to make delicious, healthy recipes with the items from their garden through a fun, hands-on experience.

Don’t have a yard to plant a large garden? No problem! This program will teach participants how to grow healthy foods, no matter the space for a garden.

🌱 Join Clemson Extension Agents from the Horticulture Team and the Rural Health and Nutrition Team for a class on growing summer squash that includes a planting demonstration and how to make healthy, delicious meals with what you grow.

🌱 This program is offered to correspond with the different growing seasons so you can take advantage of the various types of healthy produce that can be grown throughout the year.

🌱 The information presented in this event is intended for South Carolinians of all knowledge and skill levels.

Participants will receive:

• 🪴 a take-home gardening kit that can be used to grow healthy food at home and
• 📚 resources to help you take care of your garden and your health.

• Drew Jeffers at YWplZmZlMyB8IGNsZW1zb24gISBlZHU= or (864) 986-1497
• Camilla Herndon at aGVybmRvMyB8IGNsZW1zb24gISBlZHU= or (864) 710-9717

✅ This program is made possible by a grant from the Clemson Extension Rural Health and Nutrition Growing Health Program.

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Clemson Extension is required by the USDA to offer program participants the opportunity to self-identify. By voluntarily providing us with your demographic information, we are able to more accurately document the impacts we are making to better the lives of the citizens of South Carolina.

Extension classes and events may be canceled at any time due to low enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If a paid program is canceled, full refunds will be issued. Similar programs are often offered again at a later date.

For individuals requiring accommodations, please contact Clemson Extension Horticulture at aG9ydCB8IGNsZW1zb24gISBlZHU= as early as possible prior to the event to help ensure availability.

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