Coming Up at the Gardens

May 26: Plant Sale
May 26: Sale in the Gardens Gift Shop
May 26: Maine Days - Free Admission for Maine Residents
May 27: Storytime
May 27: Raffle Drawing for "Tulipa"
May 27: Maine Days - Free Admission for Maine Residents
May 27: Sale in the Gardens Gift Shop
May 30: Plein Air Painting Days - May 30-June 1
May 30: Understanding Trilliums with William Cullina
May 31: "In the Blood" with Sumner McKane
May 31: Plein Air Painting Days - May 30-June 1
June 01: Plein Air Painting Days - May 30-June 1
June 03: Drawing and Painting Leaves with Katie Lee
June 06: Kitchen Garden Series Dinner with Chef Josh Hixson of 40 Paper Italian Bistro
June 12: FULL: Making Garden Tuteurs with Expert-in-Residence Susan Perrine
June 13: Little Diggers Gardening & Nature Series for 3-5-Year-Olds
June 13: Create Twig Jewelry with Expert-in-Residence Susan Perrine - for kids
June 14: Full: Signs of the Seasons: Maine Phenology Program Volunteer Training
June 14: Make a Twig Tunnel in the Children’s Garden with Expert-in-Residence Susan Perrine
June 15: FULL - Making Rustic Garden Trellises with Expert-in-Residence Susan Perrine
June 15: Reception for Twig Tunnel with Expert-in-Residence Susan Perrine
June 17: Ikebana-Inspired Floral Design Demos and Workshops with Lee LaPointe, Kaye Vosburgh, and Betty McCarthy
June 18: Creating a New England Cottage Garden: Adapting a Classic Garden Style to the Northeast with Amy Ziffer
June 21: Vertical Gardening: Growing at Eye Level with Dick Zieg
June 24: The Life of a Plant: An Introduction to Botany with Lauren Stockwell
June 25: FULL - Mastering Manual Mode - Photography Class with Jessica Archer
June 26: New! Meet the Experts: Members-Only Insider Tours
June 27: Little Diggers Gardening & Nature Series for 3-5-Year-Olds
June 27: Opening reception for "Living Wood" Sculpture Show
June 28: Green Thumbs - three separate sessions for ages 6 and up
June 29: 9th Annual Symposium: Trees in Your New England Landscape
July 01: From Seed to Tree: A Propagation Workshop with Michael Dirr
July 02: Bug Safari for Ages 4-7
July 03: Trunk Show - Leslie Evans Balsam - July 3-10
July 05: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
July 06: Field Trip to the Viles Arboretum - For All Ages
July 07: Little Diggers Gardening & Nature Series for 3-5-Year-Olds
July 08: Nature Explorers Camp for Ages 9-11
July 09: Flikr A-Z with Amity Beane
July 09: Kitchen Garden Series Dinner Featuring Restaurant Grace
July 09: Climate Change: How Plants Respond, with George Jacobson and Esperanza Stancioff
July 11: FULL - Selecting Native Plants for Your Maine Garden: Herbaceous Plants with Bill Cullina
July 11: Lunaform - a 20th Anniversary Exhibit Reception
July 12: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
July 12: Gardening with Ease with Irene Brady Barber
July 13: Fantastic Flowers - for Ages 7 & Up
July 15: Nature Adventure Camp - Ages 4-5 & 6-8
July 16: Painting Poetry in Nature with Artist-in-Residence Hillary Parker
July 18: Edible Art with Artist-in-Residence Hillary Parker
July 18: Trunk Show - Azul Chocolates - July 18-24
July 19: New! Meet the Experts: Members-Only Insider Tours
July 19: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
July 19: Wine and Watercolors with Artist-in-Residence Hillary Parker
July 22: TREEmendous Trees - for ages 4-6 and 7 & up
July 23: Ikebana-Inspired Floral Design Demos and Workshops with Lee LaPointe, Kaye Vosburgh, and Betty McCarthy
July 25: Little Diggers Gardening & Nature Series for 3-5-Year-Olds
July 25: The Botany of Beer with Tim Boland and Julie Jenney
July 26: Natural Communities of Maine with Ted Elliman
July 26: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
July 26: Green Thumbs - three separate sessions for ages 6 and up
July 29: Nature Adventure Camp - Ages 4-5 & 6-8
July 30: New! Meet the Experts: Members-Only Insider Tours
August 01: Trunk Show - Mystic Woodworkers - August 1-7
August 02: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
August 03: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
August 04: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
August 05: Drawing Native Plants of Maine: 5-Day Workshop with Dick Rauh
August 05: Bug Safari for Ages 4-7
August 05: Kitchen Garden Series Dinner by Chef Gilberto Lozada
August 06: Fantastic Flowers - for Ages 7 & Up
August 08: Little Diggers Gardening & Nature Series for 3-5-Year-Olds
August 08: Ginkgo: The Tree that Time Forgot with Sir Peter Crane
August 09: Design a Home Landscape for Today and Tomorrow with Irene Brady Barber
August 10: TREEmendous Trees - for ages 4-6 and 7 & up
August 10: New! Meet the Experts: Members-Only Insider Tours
August 12: Five-Day Garden Explorers Camp - Ages 4-5 & 6-8
August 14: Survival in the Darwinian Garden: Planting the Fittest with Karen Bussolini
August 15: Trunk Show - Black Dinah Chocolatiers - August 15-21
August 16: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
August 17: Ikebana-Inspired Floral Design Demos and Workshops with Lee LaPointe, Kaye Vosburgh, and Betty McCarthy
August 19: Green Thumbs - three separate sessions for ages 6 and up
August 20: FULL: Intro to the Native Flora of Maine with Melissa Cullina
August 22: Little Diggers Gardening & Nature Series for 3-5-Year-Olds
August 23: Build a Woodland Fairy House with Amanda Russell - for Ages 12-Adult
August 23: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
August 23: Trunk Show - Ann Prescott Wood Bowls - August 23-29
August 23: Maine’s Biggest Timbers: The Eastern White Pine and the Mast Trade with Dick Gilbane, Tom Thomson, John Robinson and Norm Nelson.
August 26: The Giving Tree: Wildlife and Trees, with Tracey Hall
August 28: Fundamentals of Garden and Planting Design with Rodney Eason
August 30: Fairy Fridays...And One Weekend
September 05: Air Tools Workshop for Arborists, Landscapers, Landscape Designers, and Landscape Architects, with Rolf Briggs
September 06: Tree Care and Preservation Workshop for Homeowners, with Expert-in-Residence Rolf Briggs
September 06: Ask the Arborist, with Rolf Briggs
September 08: Kitchen Garden Series Dinner with Chef Brian Hill of Francine Bistro
September 11: Historic Homes and Gardens Tour: Sarah Orne Jewett House and Hamilton House
September 12: Horticultural Ecology: Biological Interactions of Gardens Plants and Environment with Bill Cullina
September 13: Planting the Right Plants in the Right Place with Irene Brady Barber
September 15: Summer's End Tea
September 17: Explore the Depth and Breadth of Sustainable Forestry
September 22: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Annual Meeting
September 25: After the Shutter Closes, with Bill Cullina
September 26: Sustainable Horticultural Practices with Irene Brady Barber
October 04: Invasive Plants: Issues, Identification, and Ecology with Ted Elliman
October 08: FULL - Wildflower Propagation with Bill Cullina
October 11: Bringing the Outdoors Indoors with Irene Brady Barber
October 17: Selecting Native Plants for the Maine Garden: Woody Plants

We’re Tops on the Top Ten!

To celebrate National Garden Month, TripAdvisor rated the Top Ten gardens in the U.S., and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is Number One on the list. Learn more.

Discover Gorgeous Gardens!

And for a preview, see our new YouTube video!

We invite you to experience Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ spectacular 250-acre landscape. Our gardens and wild spaces are uniquely beautiful and always full of surprises, including 11,000 tulips in the spring!

If you’re a Maine resident, stop by (with ID) for free admission during Maine Days at the Gardens, 9-5 throughout Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is open daily year-round. The Gardens Gift Shop and Kitchen Garden Cafe are now open for the season.

To learn more about the plants at the Gardens and see other useful information, click on the FloraFind image at right.

A Year of Trees

Our theme for 2013 – Trees, Timbers and Traditions encompasses the many facets of trees and their multitude of uses. Look for the simple tree icon (at left) that marks theme-related programs, events, exhibits, and activities. Learn more.

Visitor Information
Location: 132 Botanical Gardens Drive, off Barters Island Road in Boothbay. See detailed directions.
Hours: 9-5 daily, year-round (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas); buildings are closed weekends beginning November 1. See admission details.

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Maine Days at the Gardens!

It's new! All through Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27, all Maine residents are admitted to the Gardens free (with ID). There's plenty in bloom and plenty to do.

"Tulipa" Raffle Tickets for Sale Now!

You could be the winner of the Linda Heppes Funk watercolor valued at $5,800. Purchase raffle tickets now ($10 each/$90 for 10) in the Visitor Center. See the image and learn more.

Plant Sale May 25 & 26

Don't miss our annual two-day plant sale on May 25 & 26 from 9-4 each day. As always, Saturday morning's sale is for members only. FMI, call 207-633-4333, ext. 101.