Let's get growing! Pumpkinfest Gets Into Full Swing at "Seedling Sunday"

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Lets get GROWING! Pumpkinfest Gets Into Full Swing at "Seedling Sunday" May 21, 2017
Damariscotta Pumpkinfest Regatta

Let's get GROWING! Pumpkinfest Gets Into

Full Swing at "Seedling Sunday"

May 21, 2017

May 21st, "Seedling Sunday," is the official start of the 2017 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta™. While many area residents have been busy getting flower and vegetable gardens prepped for the first weeks in May, Great Salt Bay School Third Graders will be taking a field trip to Pinkham's Plantation in Damariscotta, where they will learn about growing pumpkins-from sanding and soaking the seeds to amending the soil to ensure maximum growth. These young Squashbucklers will help get the seeds and pots ready for Seedling Sunday, when approximately 600 FREE seedlings will be given to volunteer growers.

Several stations will be set up for the children to learn various tasks associated with seed planting and maintenance for maximum growth. They will fill the pots in which the seeds will be planted, sand the giant seeds, and visit the compost pile, all the while learning about growing pumpkins, the value of composting, and the value of earthworms to a healthy garden. They'll also have the opportunity to learn about turning giant pumpkins into the boats that race in the regatta.
On Seedling Sunday, volunteer-growers can adopt the Atlantic Giant Pumpkin seedlings and grow pumpkins that will become the granddaddies of the pumpkin patch. These giants will be featured as pumpkin boats in the regatta, ammunition in the drop, and turned into works of art and displayed on Main Street in the Twin Villages and beyond during Pumpkinfest.

Join the fun by becoming a Pumpkinfest Squashbuckler on "Seedling Sunday," May 21st. Visit Pinkham's Plantation, 431 Biscay Road in Damariscotta from 9am to 2pm, to get a FREE Giant Atlantic Pumpkin plantlet, and instructions for growing a Pumpkinfest Pumpkin. Bring a five-gallon container to get FREE super-enriched compost to give your seedling a healthy start.

Pumpkinfest & Regatta™ is a 501 (C)(3) organization whose mission is to promote education to citizens of all ages regarding the specific agricultural science required to grow giant pumpkins, and to provide local non-profit organizations with opportunities for dissemination of information on their activities and fundraising. For more information, visit www.damariscottapumpkifest.com or follow us at www.facebook.com/damariscottapumpkfest.com, or www.twitter.com/squashbuckler.Pumpkinfest is pleased to have Lincoln County News as its official news organization sponsor for the 2017 festival.

Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta

P.O. Box 1101

Damariscotta , Maine 04543

207-592-6184

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