Morning Ag Clips, Journal Tribune preview UMaine Extension plant sales

Morning Ag Clips and the Biddeford Journal Tribune previewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension plant sales on May 18. The 25th annual Cumberland County Master Gardener’s Plant Sale will be held 8 a.m.–noon at the Barron Center in Portland, Morning Ag Clips reported. Master Gardener Volunteers will help attendees select plants to best meet their needs and answer questions on how to care for them. There will be native and pollinator plants, vegetable seedlings, herbs, perennials, shrubs and annuals, as well as gently used gardening items, local compost, a raffle, bake sale items, demonstrations, live music and local vendors. Proceeds will benefit the group’s Seed Grant program for community projects, according to Morning Ag Clips. The annual York County Master Gardener Volunteers Plant Sale will be 8:30 a.m.–noon at the UMaine Extension office in Springvale, according to the Biddeford Journal Tribune. The sale will offer annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, trees, shrubs, houseplants and gently used gardening books and tools, the article states. All proceeds benefit Master Gardener Volunteer programs in York County, including Kids Can Grow, Garden Angels, Maine Harvest for Hunger and demonstration gardens. Morning Ag Clips also previewed the sale in Springvale, and Seacoast Online mentioned it in a roundup of Sanford-area news briefs.