BOWDOINHAM

The 40th Annual Bowdoinham Library Plant Sale will open its doors at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 18 at Town Hall.

The plant sale, which generates money for a large portion of the town’s public library budget, will again offer perennials, herbs, vegetable and annual seedlings, trees and shrubs. The sale ends at 4 p.m.

A cake decorating contest this year will commemorate the 40-year anniversary, volunteer Diana Mosher said.

The contest theme is “We are still going along and still growing strong.”

Plant sale shoppers Saturday will judge the cakes, which will be on display from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Winners will be announced at 1 p.m.

Longtime organizers of the state’s longest-running plant sale say they usually sell out of bee balm, which can be used for tea and is a favorite of hummingbirds.

Last year’s plant sale raised more than $12,000 for the library, according to Mosher.

Town Hall is located at 13 School St.

dmoore@timesrecord.com