The UMaine Extension Gardens at Tidewater Farm on Farm Gate Road in Falmouth will be the site of weekly garden tours offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Tours will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Thursday, Aug. 5-26. Photo courtesy of University of Maine Cooperative Extension

FALMOUTH — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is to offer weekly garden tours from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Thursday from Aug. 5 to 26 at the UMaine Extension Gardens at Tidewater Farm, Farm Gate Road.

Each tour will feature a different topic and begins with the cut flower garden, followed by growing herbs in Maine, native plants for the Maine garden, and beginner vegetable gardening.

UMaine Extension Master Gardener volunteers and Pamela Hargest, Extension horticulture professional, will lead the tours.

Each tour is $10 per person; registration is required and limited to 20 participants.

Register on the garden tour website at extension.umaine.edu.

All proceeds help support extension educational and food security projects.

For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Pamela Hargest at 207-781-6099 or extension.tidewater@maine.edu.