February 16, 2022
Dahlias’ Infinite Variety
At the Gardens, you know we love our flowers, but dahlias? With their fierce following, colorful history, and bedazzling array of blooms, they’re the flower-lover’s flower. Even artist Claude Monet, who owed having become a…
February 7, 2022
For the Birds, with Love.
Give your neighborhood birds some Valentine love—right from your kitchen! Fight the winter blues and try these fun ideas for homemade suet cakes.
January 20, 2022
Resilient Landscaping in Your Own Backyard
Given the past few years, resiliency is a term we’ve become familiar with and concerned about cultivating. But what does it mean to apply the term to our gardening and landscaping endeavors? As garden- and…
December 1, 2021
Guardians of the Seeds Essential Reads
Take the trolls home with you this winter by learning more about the real-life botany and ecology behind their fairy tale! Here is the trolls’ essential reading list—20 books about trees, the forest, the people…
November 18, 2021
Making Winter Arrangements with Horticulturists Jen Dunlap & Diane Walden
Winter décor and evergreens just go hand in hand, don’t they? Because evergreens are often the only sign of life in an otherwise cold, dormant world, they symbolize life, health, and home. In fact, the…
November 18, 2021
Behind the Scenes at Gardens Aglow
It takes a village to launch an event like Gardens Aglow, and to learn how we get there, I sat down with lighting designer and horticulturist, Brent McHale.
October 28, 2021
The Bulb Queen’s Top Five for Fall
Here in Maine, we know winter. We’re old companions and have learned to tolerate each other, but come spring? There aren’t many of us who aren’t ready for the welcome sight of early spring flowers….
October 18, 2021
From the desk of the CEO: It takes a village.
Ensuring the smooth operations of day-to-day life at the Gardens definitely takes our entire village. From Horticulture to Facilities & Housekeeping, Marketing to IT, Guest Experience to Education, Culinary to Gardenshop, a small group of people (not to…