August 2, 2013
Island Adventures
My favorite view from White Head. The whole island has beautiful views such as this! Here in the horticulture department of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, it may sometimes seem like all our staff does is…
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 with Colorado native plants (Photo from Denver Botanic Garden) Polygonatum biflorum, Maine’s native Solomon’s seal….
July 31, 2013
Flowers Become Art
My first work of floral art! Check the table behind the front counter to see these vases! Flowers serve no purpose in our lives. The natural world needs them and they are used…
July 31, 2013
To The City!
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens horticulture interns, along with staff horticulturist Megan Deveau (on right) striking a pose at The Arnold Arboretum. (Photo by Rodney Eason) One of the striking views within Mount Auburn Cemetery. (Photo…
July 25, 2013
Beautiful for a Day
My first attempt at floral arranging. Hemerocallis from my backyard. Fellow intern Kristin and I sporting our Carrington Flatness pride with fairy wings (every Friday, the garden hosts fairy-related activities for the kids. You…
July 24, 2013
The Scientific Side
The soil pH testing kit we used The samples and the pH value to compare them to. As many of you know, at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens we have a lot of planting…
July 19, 2013
“Martha Stewarting”
Sharmon showing me how to use our surveying equipment The surveying equipment we used New Pines emerging from an old tree trunk in the Giles Rhododendron Garden Looking for a way to escape the aberrant…
July 17, 2013
The Dreaded Deer Fence
A view of the deer fence. Even with the heat, the woods are truly gorgeous. On July 15, staff horticulturalist Justin Nichols and I went on a trek through the Coastal Maine Botanical…