Seacoast Online advances container gardening, yardscaping workshops
Seacoast Online reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener Volunteers will offer July workshops at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm. “Container Gardening” will be held 4–6 p.m. Thursday, July 6 and “Yardscaping & Native Plants” will be offered 10 a.m.–noon Sunday, July 16. A $10 fee to help defray the cost of containers, soil, plants and related materials is requested for the container gardening workshop. A $5 donation is requested for the yardscaping event which will include a tour of the Native Plants Garden at Wells Reserve, a segment on identifying invasive species, and an exploration of native plant alternatives, the article states. For more information, or to register for either workshop, call 324.2814 or email rebecca.gowdy@maine.edu.