Annual Black Bear Beauties Plant Sale May 6-7

The second annual Black Bear Beauties Plant Sale takes place Friday and Saturday, May 6-7 at the University of Maine Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamental Trial Garden in the Rangeley Road from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The sale is an opportunity for the public to buy rugged, often native, plants suitable for Maine gardens. They are grown by UMaine students and faculty in the greenhouses in Orono. Funds raised from the sale benefit the UMaine Environmental Horticulture Program by supporting internships and infrastructure for the program and the historic Littlefield Garden, according to Stephanie Burnett, a member of the plant soil and environmental sciences faculty and chief organizer of the plant sale. Burnett can be reached at 581-2937 for additional information.

Contact: Stephanie Burnett, 581-2937