The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District would like to thank everyone who helped make our Spring Plant Sale and Fair at Union Fairgrounds such a great success. Over the weekend of May 4 and 5, we sold more than 2300 fruit trees and berries, (mostly) native trees, shrubs, and native perennials (organically grown in Maine).

The plants will feed people and pollinators, stabilize soil, and beautify landscapes in Knox and Lincoln counties and beyond. The proceeds of the sale will support district education and outreach programs over the coming year.

Our thanks go to the close to 300 families and individuals who purchased plants; the more than 30 volunteers who helped before, during, and after the sale; the many local organizations that set up displays and exhibits that helped make this an educational event; local CSAs and farm markets that supplied information about their offerings; and the businesses that helped us out along the way.

We would especially like to thank Rebel Hill Farm for growing such beautiful perennials; Cheryl Denz of Terra Optima Farm and Market for her fruit tree pruning and planting demonstration; Liz Stanley and Knox-Lincoln Extension Master Gardeners for volunteer support; Ober and Barrett Builders for delivering numerous bags of wood shavings to keep plant roots moist; Sharon Turner of Great Gardens from the Ground Up; Gail and Jane Hawes for the Medomak 4-H Bake Sale; Thomaston Grammar School fifth grade for bringing the Common Ground School Garden Seed Sale; and the Union Fair Society and Jerry Carr for their assistance. We could not have done it without you.

For a complete list of volunteers, exhibitors, pictures from the sale, and to sign up for our 2014 Plant Sale mailing list, visit www.knox-lincoln.org/spring-plant-sale/.