Gardeners! Mark your calendars.

The Seed Farm, an incubator for new and novice farmers, will host its annual spring plant sale in May, according to its website.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 13 and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 14 at the farm, 5854 Vera Cruz Road, Upper Milford Township.

Organizers offer a large selection of vegetable, herb and flower plants for sale and all of the plants are grown at the farm without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Moreover, genetically modified seeds are never used.

Vegetable offerings listed for the sale held in 2022 included a variety of cucumbers, squash, beans, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and lettuce plants. Flowers included marigolds, coneflowers and sunflowers.

If you’re beginning to plan your garden plots or flower beds, please consider making room for a row or two or more of locally grown plants.

A fall plant sale at the farm debuted last August.

For information about the sale and other events and training offered at The Seed Farm, visit the website theseedfarm.org.

In other The Seed Farm news, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Acting Secretary Russell C. Redding recently awarded a grant for $27,754 to the farm, according the January newsletter from the farm.

The grant was formally announced at the 2023 Pennsylvania Farm Show in January in Harrisburg.

The grant will be used for greenhouse updates and repairs, according to the farm’s newsletter.

Residents of Lower Milford Township looking to participate more in the community may want to consider joining the Southern Lehigh Library Board as the township representative.

According to the township website, the deadline for letters of interest for the position may be submitted is March 13. Letters may be submitted in person at the township office, 7607 Chestnut Hill Church Road or by email at administrator@lowermilford.org.

A delegate for the joint building court of appeals also is needed in the township. Letters can be submitted at the township building or by email. For information about the position, contact the township office.

Residents of Upper and Lower Milford townships, as well as anyone interested in winter fun, may want to stop by the 16th annual Snowblast Winter Arts Festival in Emmaus borough noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 4.

Sponsored by the Emmaus Arts Commission, the festival includes music performances, ice carving demonstrations, food trucks and a scavenger hunt as well as special programming at the Emmaus Public Library, 11 E. Main St. and at the Emmaus Historical Society, 218 Main St.

Local artists and vendors also will be featured.

The next meeting of the Lower Milford Township board of supervisors is scheduled 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the township building, 7606 Chestnut Hill Church Road.

The next meetings of the Upper Milford Township board of supervisors are 7 p.m. Feb. 2 and Feb. 16. Meetings are held at the township building, 5671 Chestnut St. and available online. Visit the township website, uppermilford.net, for details.