Carmen Ketron

Urban Horticulture Agent
Master Gardener Coordinator - Marion, Horry, Georgetown
Horticulture Program Team, Georgetown County Cooperative Extension Office, Horry County Cooperative Extension Office, Marion County Cooperative Extension Office

Office: 1949 Industrial Park Rd #179 Conway, SC 29526
Phone: 843-773-1422

Email: cketron@clemson.edu

Educational Background

MPA Public Administration
College of Charleston 2015

M.S. Environmental Sciences
College of Charleston 2015

B.A. Political Science
Coastal Carolina University 2011

Extension and Outreach

Supports urban horticulture efforts in Marion, Horry, and Georgetown Counties

Specialization in community garden efforts, school garden programs, therapeutic horticulture, green industry, small-scale cut-flower production, and urban and peri-urban agriculture production.

Publications

Publications

• Swenson, C.C., Yeboah, S.N., Mason, S., Akonde, M., Ramirez, L., & Ketron C.
(2022). An intergenerational community-based approach to safe farming and
environmental health. In M. Naeem, J.F.J. Bremont, A.A. Ansari, & S.S. Gill
(Eds), Agrochemicals in soil and environment: Impacts and remediation, Berlin:
Springer Nature.

Posters

• Dabbs, A., Snipes, Z., Ketron, C., Last, R., Ballew, J., Tanner, C., Vargo, M.,
Turner, S., Kinley, L., Scott, C., Greene, R. (2023). Cultivating Communities:
Program for South Carolina Community Gardens. South Carolina Association
County Agriculture Agents & National Association of Agriculture Agents Annual
Meeting.

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