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    September 18, 2026

    Growing Recipes: Cooking Traditions From Around the World – Mexican Salsa Verde

    This year, the Burpee Kitchen Garden celebrates culinary traditions from around the world that are practiced here in Maine. Inspired…

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    September 18, 2026

    Growing Recipes: Cooking Traditions From Around the World – French Ratatouille

    This year, the Burpee Kitchen Garden celebrates culinary traditions from around the world that are practiced here in Maine. Inspired…

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    September 18, 2026

    Growing Recipes: Cooking Traditions From Around the World – Italian Pansotti

    This year, the Burpee Kitchen Garden celebrates culinary traditions from around the world that are practiced here in Maine. Inspired…

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    September 18, 2026

    Growing Recipes: Cooking Traditions from Around the World – Cantonese Hot Pot

    This year, the Burpee Kitchen Garden celebrates culinary traditions from around the world that are practiced here in Maine. Inspired…

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    An assortment of ergonomic gardening tools hanging neatly on a light green wall. Each tool is marked with a black lettered tag, and a plaque in the bottom right corner provides an "Ergonomic Tool Key" describing the various items, which include loppers, hand trowels, a small fan rake, and a water wand.

    August 21, 2026

    Gardening for Every Body: Accessible Tools for Growing

    For many people, time in the garden is restorative: a chance to be outside, to move at a natural pace,…

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    July 20, 2026

    7 Things to Discover in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses

    Tucked within Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses invites visitors of all ages and abilities…

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    Close-up of a Beach Plum bush branch with deep purple berries and green leaves.

    March 13, 2026

    From Flower to Fruit

    During spring, plants burst into bloom, signaling the start of a new growing season. But these blooms are not just…

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    June 5, 2023

    Alliums are Popping at the Gardens

    Allium is a genus that includes hundreds of species and cultivar including such popular food plants as chives, garlic, and…

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