WABI reports on tours of gardens installed by researchers at Hampden landfill
WABI (Channel 5) reported a garden and wildflower plot installed at the Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden will be part of a public tour from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. University of Maine researchers created the gardens as a pollinator habitat project to support bees, according to the report. The researchers said the demonstration gardens are on a capped landfill and are a good way prevent erosion in addition to supporting the native bee population, the report states.