October 6, 2020
Preparing Bearded Iris (Iris germanica) for winter hibernation.
I am very fond of most any flower that is currently in bloom, but if I had to live the remainder of my life on a desert island and could only bring one plant with…
September 24, 2020
A Tea for all Seasons
There’s something about these shorter, cooler days as the season winds down that makes you wish you could hold onto just a little bit of summer for later—for the more extreme months, for the harder…
September 15, 2020
The Once and Future Queen (Bee)
I always imagine what our new Learning Apiary must look like to visitors—walking up to it for the first time, it almost looks like a garden picture with a beautiful apiary in the middle. But…
September 9, 2020
It’s Honey Time!
Did you know that Labor Day is when beekeepers begin extracting their fall honey? Let’s start from the beginning with how bees make honey. It all begins at the flower—flowers produce nectar as a reward…
August 13, 2020
Horticulturist and Grower Dan Robarts on Gardens, Daylilies, and “Playing Bee”
I grew up in a small town in New Hampshire and spent lots of time outside and amongst plants, learning to tend and grow plants through work in our large family garden. While in the…
August 6, 2020
Fields of Gold: For the love of goldenrod.
Before I begin waxing rhapsodic on goldenrod (Solidago spp.), let’s get one myth buried: goldenrod is not the culprit behind the agony of late-season allergies. Though goldenrod takes the brunt of the blame, it’s an…
June 18, 2020
No-Fear Flowers
It’s flower season! (Obviously, this is our favorite season here at the Gardens.) Maybe you planted your own cutting garden, like our social media maven, Tory, or maybe you have a field of wildflowers nearby….
June 15, 2020
Notes from the Apiary
Hi there–as this summer’s beekeeping interns, we thought we’d give you a bird’s eye (or bees’ eye) view of our first few weeks on the job. The hives in their new home at Coastal Maine…