June 4, 2024
What’s In Bloom – June 4, 2024
Highlights: Rhododendrons and azaleas (Rhododendron spp.) continue on in their splendor this week, as poppies (Papaver spp.) and ornamental onions (Allium spp.) begin to open on the Great Lawn! Various species and cultivars of Solomon’s…
May 27, 2024
The Gardens Gains Two New Global Accreditations
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is excited to share that we have recently gained two new global botanic garden accreditations! Accreditations are programs that verify that a public garden meets set standards and best practices for…
April 23, 2024
Ecology in Progress
“Leave the Leaves” and “Water-Wise Gardening”— perhaps you’ve heard these sayings, or they may be new concepts for you. While these adages are lighthearted and fun, we take our ecological horticulture practices very seriously at…
April 2, 2024
Milkweeds of the Northeastern United States: A Conservation Collection
Many of those familiar with Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ living collection of plants will know that we select some plants for ornamental value and others specifically for biodiversity conservation and its interpretation. Curator of Living…
December 13, 2023
Plants and Practices for Beneficial Insects
With all the buzz around bees, it can be easy to overlook other essential pollinators and insects that share our garden spaces. Beetles, flies, wasps, and spiders are just a few of the more hidden…
October 3, 2023
What’s In Bloom – October 3, 2023
At the Gardens, ornamental grasses are at their peak! Check out the Skyracer purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea ‘Skyracer’) in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses, the prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) on…
September 26, 2023
What’s In Bloom – September 26, 2023
Autumn is here at the Gardens, and the autumn flowering plants are blooming beautifully! Check out the lovely purple, pink and white asters opening across the gardens! The deep pink flowers of the Alma Potschke…
September 12, 2023
What’s In Bloom – September 12, 2023
Pink and white anemones are blooming across the Gardens! Be sure to see the Robustissima grape-leaf anemone (Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’) on the Cleaver Lawn, the WILD SWAN™ anemone (Anemone ‘MACANE001’) in the Vayo Meditation Garden,…