Sentry Reports on SMCC, UMaine Cooperative Extension Plant Project

The South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Sentry reported Southern Maine Community College’s Horticulture Department has partnered with the  University of Maine Cooperative Extension to allow students to grow newly developed varieties of vegetables and flowers as part of a national program to introduce new plants to home gardeners. The students are growing the plants from seeds that were made available to the public for the first time this year, the article states. All-America Selections, a nonprofit organization that tests new varieties of seeds, chose UMaine Extension to showcase the plants at its Tidewater Farm display garden in Falmouth. UMaine Extension then asked SMCC to grow the plants in the college’s greenhouse until they’re ready to be transplanted to the display garden.