August 4, 2022
Herbs in Bloom
It’s high summer and the blooms are popping at the Gardens. The sight, the scents, the diversity—it’s all so good for our well-being. But did you know that some of these plants, ornamental and beautiful…
August 3, 2022
What’s in Bloom – August 3, 2022
Highlight: Hydrangeas are blooming bright throughout the garden! Check out the delicate flowers of the sourwood opening on the Haney Hillside. Great coneflower is standing tall in the Butterfly House garden. The purple flowers of…
July 21, 2022
Sensational Sips for Summer Nights
In the heat of summer, there’s nothing quite like a good garden party, or a festive summer drink to serve alongside whatever wonderful seasonal produce you have on the menu.
July 7, 2022
Herbs: Great Garden Companions
It’s not too late to add herbs to your summer veggie beds, or too early to start thinking about a planting scheme for a fall harvest!
July 7, 2022
What’s in Bloom – July 7, 2022
Highlight: Different cultivars of beard-tongue are adding lovely white, pink and purple color across the Gardens. Visit the Arbor Garden to see the sunny yellow and clematis and trumpet honeysuckle. Lyn and Daniel Lerner…
June 21, 2022
What’s in Bloom – June 21, 2022
Highlight: Baptisias are exploding with bright color across the gardens! Check out the Fringe Trees blooming in the Cleaver Event Lawn and the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses. Water lilies are just starting to…
June 16, 2022
Trees of the Trolls: Meet the Paper Birch
Last summer, five giant trolls emerged from the woods at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. These trolls are nature’s protectors—the Guardians of the Seeds. Deep in the forest, they have saved and hidden seeds from ten…
June 8, 2022
New Plants in Old Spaces
Here in Maine, we always look forward to spring and seeing new and returning plant life in the Gardens. But our seasons definitely play a part in how much, how little, how late, or how…