18th Maine Garden Day slated

LEWISTON — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is pleased to sponsor the 18th annual Maine Garden Day on Saturday, March 26 at Lewiston High School, 156 East Avenue in Lewiston.

This annual extravaganza features more than 35 gardening workshops from local gardening experts and a tradeshow with educational displays as well as plants, seeds and tools for purchase.

Participants may register for half-day or quarter-day workshops. Some of the workshops include Botanical Painting, Plants That Heal, Making Herbal Vinegars and Mustards, Introduction to Bee Keeping, Shad and Fruit Tree Pruning, The New Look of Root Cellars, Growing a Gardening Business, ABC’s of House Plants, Water Gardens on a Budget, Home Orchard Basics, Compost Utilization and many more.

The first 400 registrations will be accepted. Seating is limited in some workshops so it will be first come, first served.

To register for Maine Garden Day you must request a brochure from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension by calling 1-800-287-1482 or 743-6329 (out of state) or find the brochure on-line at www.extension.umaine.edu/mainegardenday/. The cost of this daylong gardening extravaganza is $50 and includes breakfast, lunch and all workshops.