The next Visually Impaired Persons (VIP) meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 6, at 1:15 p.m. in the Community Center located in the Meadow Mall, Boothbay Harbor.

Garron Dorr, a Registered Horticultural Therapist at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, will be speaking to the group about the summer workshops he facilitates at the Garden of the Five Senses. Some of the VIP members have attended these hands-on gardening opportunities, using touch, taste, and smell to identify plants and literally reap the rewards of sowing seeds, transplanting, weeding, and harvesting the bounty. With support and encouragement, even the legally blind are able to experience the joys and health benefits of gardening.

Anyone with vision issues is welcome to attend the monthly VIP meetings. Drivers and caregivers are invited to sit in and participate too. For more information, call Joan Stark at (207) 633-2498. Need a ride? Call Kitty Hartford at (207) 633-6355.