In brief: Trunk community sale, spring plant sales and more in Pine, Richland

Trunk Community Sale

Spring is coming and it’s time for the annual Parks and Recreation Junk in your Trunk Community Sale. Clear out those closets and garages of all that great stuff.

The event will be held May 15 at the Richland Township Municipal Building from 8 a.m. to noon.

Masks will be required.

If you would like to register as a seller for this event, visit the Richland Township website to download a registration form.

Deadline to register is May 12.

Send registration form with payment to Parks & Rec, 4019 Dickey Road., Gibsonia, PA 15044.

The seller fee is $12 per car/parking lot space. Free to shoppers.

There must be at least 30 vendors for this event to move forward.

For more information, visit richland.pa.us.

Spring plant sale events

The perennial plant sale will be May 15 from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine, in the upper parking lot of Northmont United Presbyterian Church, 8169 Perry Hwy.

The sale will feature more than 500 perennial plants grown in members’ gardens and donated for the sale.

Plant sale proceeds will help fund monthly educational programs for the public and support the maintenance of the UPMC Passavant chapel garden. The proceeds also help fund the local gardens in McCandless and Ross Township, including Northland Public Library’s new learning garden, Ross Township’s Community Garden and Evergreen Park.

For more information, contact longvueacresgardenclub1950@gmail.com.

Pine Recycle Rama

Pine Township will host a recycling event May 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the municipal buiding parking lot, 230 Pearce Mill Road.

The event is open to all residents and nonresidents. For more information, visit twp.pine.pa.us.

Garden Club plant sale

The Greybrooke Garden Club is hosting its annual spring plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 8 in McCandless.

Hanging baskets, perennials, herbs, annuals and garden supplies will be available for purchase.

The event is being held in the grassy area near the Bonefish Grill restaurant in the McCandless Crossing Shopping Center on McKnight Road.

A “Reading Corner” for kids hosted by Riverstone Books will be set up during the sale and kids will receive a free seed packet to plant.

Proceeds from this fundraiser will help support Greybrooke’s annual donations to conservancy groups and community organizations.

Garden Club volunteers

The Richland Township Garden Club is looking for a group of volunteers who are interested in starting a Richland Township Garden Club to manage four areas at Richland Community Park. These areas will include the barn planting beds, pavilion planting beds and two new areas located by the new concession stand.

If interested in becoming a volunteer, contact Melissa Williams mwilliams@richland.pa.us or call 724-443-5921.

Lettuce Grow Together

The Carnegie Science Center is teaming up with North Hills Community Outreach to broadcast Facebook Live events that will explore the science behind gardening and healthy eating.

The next virtual event, Apiaries and Bees, will take place at 11 a.m. on May 9 and will be hosted on Carnegie Science Center’s Facebook page and will be available on the Science Center’s YouTube channel following the livestream.

Participants will take a virtual tour of North Hills Community Outreach’s apiary and learn about the relationship between bees and plants.

The Facebook Live events are part of Carnegie Science Center’s Lettuce Grow Together! program, sponsored by GrowingGreat and Del Monte Foods. Learn more at: carnegiesciencecenter.org.

Camp registration open

Registration is open for Camp Cranberry, which runs June 7 to Aug. 20 for children ages 5-15 from any community.

The camp focuses on developing physical, social and decision-making skills; promoting self-confidence and having fun. There will be weekly themes for younger campers, such as outer space, dinosaurs, animals, science and storybook classics. Older campers will learn about their natural surroundings, how to express themselves creatively and inventing games and activities.

Full-day camp runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There also are half-day camps for younger children. Lunch and extended care also will be available.

Cranberry also is offering swimming lessons for all age groups. There are group lessons, Saturday classes, sessions for preschool kids and parent and child aquatics. Private lessons also are available.

For details, visit cranberrytownship.org.