Members of Belfast Garden Club are as busy as they can be, and if you can assist them, they would be most grateful.

Pat Felton wrote that “right now, we are digging up and potting up plants everywhere there is a need to divide and thin,” in preparation for their annual Green Thumb Plant Sale, 9-11 a.m. Saturday, May 17, at the Boathouse off Commercial Street.

“The Club prefers to have plants potted with sufficient time to know they are in healthy condition for the sale,” Felton wrote, so let Robin Kruger know if you have healthy plants to donate by calling her at 338-2794.

Felton reports this is “the third annual year of Open Garden Days,” which she describes as “an entire season of private and public gardens, open to the public, each Friday.”

Coordinated by club member Martha Block, from May 9 through September, Felton said, “a different garden is available for viewing.”

For this opportunity, you are encouraged to make a “small donation.”

The club also maintains 10 public sites throughout the city, and for the second year in a row, has received funds through the Golden Rule Foundation “to assist with a special project,” Felton wrote.

This year, Club members “will be working on the grounds around the public restrooms at the waterfront.

“Last year,” she said, “the dwarf conifer garden and hardscape at Post Office Square” was done, and in May, you will “see it all abloom with the pink tulips supporting breast cancer awareness.”

Felton reports the BGC “works hard at reaching out to the entire community and involving everyone,” and that “anyone may participate in any activity without being a member.”

“It is a fun group to be around,” she added.

For more information, visit the club’s Web site at www.belfastgardenclub.org.

Leigh Butler of the Bangor Art Society invites you to the opening reception for its open juried show.

The reception is from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, in the Lecture Hall of Bangor Public Library on Harlow Street.

Ella Waitt of Hampden wrote to remind members “this is the end of our year for Bangor Nature Club,” and that reservations are required for those planning to attend its annual meeting, luncheon and membership renewal.

That gathering begins at noon Wednesday, May 14, at the United Methodist Church on Route 9 on the Eddington-Brewer line.

The cost of the luncheon is $10, and you must call 942-5977 to reserve your space.

Stefanie Egenhofer, co-president of Orono Health Association, reports OHA will hold its annual meeting and volunteer appreciation banquet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at Church of Universal Fellowship on Main Street in Orono.

Virginia Fortier, president of the board of Eastern Area Agency on Aging, is the featured speaker and will discuss “Staying Active as a Senior Volunteer.”

Before the annual meeting, at 5 p.m., next to the Parker Senior Center on Birch Street in Orono, Egenhofer wrote, OHA “will dedicate its newly constructed medical equipment loan building to the memory of Roger Taylor, who ran a medical equipment loan program” for many years from his garage.

“At the same time,” Egenhofer added, “a plaque will be dedicated in memory of Mark Boyd, who initiated the OHA Dental Assistance Program.”

Minister of Music Bob Cottrell invites you to hear the Mount View Chamber Singers at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at First Congregational Church of Brewer, 35 Church St.

There is no admission charge, but donations are appreciated.

After the concert, a reception will be held to “meet and greet” these young singers, who have performed throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Laurie Rose reports that tickets are still available for the Orono Public Library Foundation’s third annual Gala Action, “Go Green,” which will “celebrate the environmentally friendly plans for the new library.”

The silent and live Go Green Auction begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the Buchanan Alumni House on the University of Maine campus in Orono.

Tickets are $25 and can be reserved by calling Rose at the OPL, 866-5060, e-mailing lrose@Orono.lib.me.us and at Ampersand/The Store in Orono.

In addition to more than 100 auction items, ranging from vacation packages to goods and services, the event features hors d’oeuvres, the classical guitar music of Rich Kenefic, and a multimedia presentation about the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design features of the new library.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.net; 990-8288.