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April 3, 2019
Signs of the Seasons – Citizen-Science in Action
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is once again teaming up with the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant to…
July 18, 2017
Saving the Swarm
The Gardens has a lot of volunteers, and an important group among them are our volunteer pollinators. Honey bees are…
July 28, 2016
Rare Plants at the Gardens
I recently had the pleasure of teaching a class about plants that are rare in the wild here in Maine,…
May 3, 2016
How can you help the monarchs?
Over the past few years there has been a dramatic decline in the monarch butterfly population. This has been caused…
March 28, 2016
Preparing for Monarchs: The Migration of Our Flying Hort Staff
A sweet, earthy wind blows over the green and soggy Great Lawn. It settles at times, letting the sun take…
December 18, 2015
Shhh! Plants are sleeping in these beds!
When spring finally comes to the gardens, 35,000 tulips will pop through the soil of beds all over Coastal Maine…
August 2, 2013
Reconciling with Nature
Enjoying some tea surrounded by our native mountain mint in front of the Bosarge Family Education Center. Container troughs packed…