Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Starting May 2 | Our popular family gardening program is back! Join us this spring as we combine gardening and learning in a fun, rewarding program for children ages 4-11. This unique, parent-led program will guide participants through growing a spring and summer garden. Lessons combine gardening with science, math, English, social studies and art. Families will receive fruit and vegetable transplants and/or seeds and planting instructions weekly. For more essential program information, including weekly topics, admissions for parents during the program, and more details about included supplies, click "Learn more."
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Spring is one of the best times to go bird-watching—many birds are returning to their mating grounds and are as...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Thursdays, June 2 and 9 | This introductory course is designed for both beginner and advanced artists interested in a thorough exploration of painting with watercolor. Emphasis will be on understanding the proper handling of the paint in order to achieve certain desired effects, and concise recipes for consistent color-mixing will be provided. Each lesson is broken down into a concise live format with demonstrations. The subject matter is based on nature, but can be applied to any realistic subject matter.
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Starting May 2 | Our popular family gardening program is back! Join us this spring as we combine gardening and learning in a fun, rewarding program for children ages 4-11. This unique, parent-led program will guide participants through growing a spring and summer garden. Lessons combine gardening with science, math, English, social studies and art. Families will receive fruit and vegetable transplants and/or seeds and planting instructions weekly. For more essential program information, including weekly topics, admissions for parents during the program, and more details about included supplies, click "Learn more."
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
With all the flowers that we care for at the Gardens, it’s no surprise that we are regularly and frequently...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Dive into forest ecology and discover how to become a better steward of our ecosystem, just like the Guardians of...
In this all-ages class, learn about the plants and natural resources the Wabanaki have been using for food and medicine for centuries, from fishing to foraging and cultivating. Join Barry Dana (Penobscot) and Lori Dana and learn more about the flora, fauna, and practices that the Wabanaki have carried forward. Come increase your awareness and help preserve their existence, getting fired up to incorporate these heritage and native plants into your landscape setting, whether a community garden, forest edge, or wide-open field. All efforts help to continue and honor these natural resources, especially as nutritional sovereignty becomes more of an issue in today’s Maine.
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Mondays, June 13 and July 11, and Saturday, August 27 | Native plant expert Dan Robarts will introduce students to a wide variety of native perennials for use in a number of garden settings. Class begins with an overview of the extensive range of perennials available and how to select the right plant for the right place in the right combination.
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
The Gardens is full of beauty and wonder thriving aboveground, but there’s plenty to discover below the surface! Join us...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Continuing our botanical explorations, we’ll go in search of some of the wildflowers calling the Gardens home. If still blooming,...
Do you have a nature-loving child interested in attracting more pollinators to the garden? This kid-friendly gardening class delves into...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 25 | Ecosystem balance and soil and water quality are all influenced by our landscape practices. This extensive, two-day study of sustainable horticulture will help students apply the principles of ecologically safe gardening practices to their existing garden or landscape.
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Dive into forest ecology and discover how to become a better steward of our ecosystem, just like the Guardians of...
Choosing native plants for your landscape should be fun and creative, not daunting or complicated! When you consider plants in simple groupings, or guilds, it becomes a lot easier to design a landscape with appealing texture, color, and wildlife value throughout the seasons. Native plant guilds draw on inspiration from natural plant communities in habitats like coastal plains, forests, wetlands, or mountain tops.
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Rock garden and alpine plants are wonderful additions to any garden, bursting with fine details particularly suited to up-close viewing....
Celebrate Dad with a day out! On Father's Day, we’re offering free admission for all fathers throughout the day. No...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Whether you’re an experienced fern gardener or you’re interested in getting better acquainted, join horticulturist and Fernwood Nursery owner, Rick Sawyer, out in the Gardens to learn more about these staple Maine beauties. Ferns are truly an essential plant in any New England garden, so if you don’t already have a minimum of five different ferns, then it’s time to join us and decide what new acquisitions to make.
Monday and Tuesday, June 20 and 21 | In this hands-on workshop, develop sketches, photographs, or landscape visions into encaustic paintings by exploring a rich variety of marks, transfer, and stencil techniques. Class time will be divided between demonstration, individual work time, and discussion about Maine art and its contemporary and historical connection to landscape. We’ll chat about proper studio ventilation, wax safety, and how to “finish” artworks in terms of framing and care. Students will leave with multiple finished pieces and an understanding of proper studio set-up.
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Our Native Plant Tour begins with a stroll down the Haney Hillside, moving from cultivated native plantings to the natural...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for a staff-led walk through our many wetlands down to the Back River. On this tour, learn how...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Planting a container garden is enormous fun. Loaded with creative possibility, it’s a perfect activity for gardeners of every age...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Dive into forest ecology and discover how to become a better steward of our ecosystem, just like the Guardians of...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Whether you live in an apartment building, on a suburban lot, or a rural property, this class will get everyone...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Monday, June 27-Friday, July 1 Using your iPhone or iPad, advance your digital photography skills in this exciting hands-on workshop....
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...