US (ME): Auburn's Whiting Farm reopening this weekend
At the grand reopening celebration 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10, there will be two greenhouses with flowers and vegetable seedlings. High school lacrosse players will oversee children's activities, from face painting to building bird feeders. Local radio station Z105.5 will provide music in a live broadcast.
“We want to show the community that this hasn't been lost,” Whiting Farm Program Director Kim Finnerty said. The farm is back, “a tradition we want to continue.”
It'll be a celebration that the Whiting Farm, started in 1937, didn't go the way of other Auburn farms that were developed into housing lots or big stores.
Future plans call for it to become Lewiston-Auburn's first community farm, offering classes and gardening access, Finnerty said.
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