Lewisburg Community Garden to hold plant sale

Posted: April 27, 2012

By Kathryn Kopchik

LEWISBURG, Pa. — A plant sale will be held Saturday, May 5, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Lewisburg Community Garden, located at the intersection of St. Anthony Street and Water Street.

Plants for sale will include several varieties of heirloom tomatoes, peppers and herb plants, organically grown in the Bucknell University Greenhouse. Plants are $2 each. All proceeds benefit the Lewisburg Community Garden. || Related Bucknell news story

A complete list of plants is available at the Lewisburg Community Garden website. For more information about the plant sale, visit the Lewisburg Community Garden website or contact Stacey Sommerfield by e-mail at sns004@bucknell.edu or by phone at 570-577-3928.

The plants have been maintained by Bucknell students with assistance from Wanda Boop, greenhouse caretaker, Mark Spiro, associate professor of biology, and Cathy Myers, executive director of the Bucknell University Environmental Center.

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