Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
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Watercolor for Botanical & Nature Enthusiasts (Sold Out)
Watercolor for Botanical & Nature Enthusiasts (Sold Out)
Bosarge Family Education Center
Monday-Wednesday, September 26-28 Spend three full days exploring the wonderful world of watercolor, in-person with artist Mindy Lighthipe. Learn valuable...
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
2 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
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Nature of Oaks
Nature of Oaks
Online
Oaks sustain a complex and fascinating web of wildlife. Come learn what happens in their branches, month by month, a tangible cycle of life, death, and renewal. From woodpeckers harvesting hundreds of acorns to the jewel caterpillars grazing greenery, Tallamy describes and celebrates these backyard wonders. Learn practical advice about planting and caring for oaks and the best oak species for your area. Leave inspired to treasure, nurture, and protect these remarkable trees.
2 events,
Fall Explorers: Trees (Ages 3-7)
Fall Explorers: Trees (Ages 3-7)
Bosarge Family Education Center
Join us for a scavenger hunt through the woods as we learn how to identify some of Maine’s native trees...
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
2 events,
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Budding Naturalist: Maine Wildlife Walk (Ages 8-14)
Budding Naturalist: Maine Wildlife Walk (Ages 8-14)
Bosarge Family Education Center
In this active field study class, students will explore the Gardens’ many habitats, learning how to identify signs of animals...
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
3 events,
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Plant ID & Ecology: Asters
Plant ID & Ecology: Asters
Bosarge Family Education Center
This class will focus on the identification of 20 - 25 of Maine’s asters. Not only looking alike, but blooming...
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Become a Guardian: Trees of the Trolls Tour
Become a Guardian: Trees of the Trolls Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Dive into forest ecology and discover how to become a better steward of our ecosystem, just like the Guardians of...
3 events,
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Plant ID & Ecology: Goldenrods
Plant ID & Ecology: Goldenrods
Bosarge Family Education Center
This class will focus on the identification of 10 – 15 of Maine’s goldenrods. Not only looking alike, but blooming...
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Cider Saturdays
Cider Saturdays
Alfond Children’s Garden
Enjoy and learn about one of our country’s greatest and tastiest seasonal traditions, apple cider pressing! Learn the basics of...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
3 events,
Fall Explorers: Decomposers (Ages 3-7)
Fall Explorers: Decomposers (Ages 3-7)
Bosarge Family Education Center
Come and search for underground life with us! Participants will learn about the important role decomposers play in helping our...
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
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Budding Naturalist: Fall Wildflowers (Ages 8-14)
Budding Naturalist: Fall Wildflowers (Ages 8-14)
Bosarge Family Education Center
Does your child love nature and want to expand their identification skills? During this session, participants will expand their botany...
2 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Become a Guardian: Trees of the Trolls Tour
Become a Guardian: Trees of the Trolls Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Dive into forest ecology and discover how to become a better steward of our ecosystem, just like the Guardians of...
2 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Cider Saturdays
Cider Saturdays
Alfond Children’s Garden
Enjoy and learn about one of our country’s greatest and tastiest seasonal traditions, apple cider pressing! Learn the basics of...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
3 events,
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Fall Botanicals: Still Life in Acrylics
Fall Botanicals: Still Life in Acrylics
Bosarge Family Education Center
Tuesday-Thursday, October 11-13 | Create beautiful still life paintings in a relaxed atmosphere using fall botanicals. We will aim to complete at least one painting per day with an emphasis on “alla prima” or “all at once” painting. There will be short demos and plenty of individual attention throughout the three-day workshop. Using materials from the Gardens, students will arrange their own still life “bouquets,” keeping the composition simple. Participants will be encouraged to interpret rather than replicate a still life set-up, using brush strokes, colors, imagination, and creativity.
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Native Plant Tour
Native Plant Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Our Native Plant Tour begins with a stroll down the Haney Hillside, moving from cultivated native plantings to the natural...
3 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
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Budding Naturalist: Maine Tree Walk & Fall Foliage Suncatcher (Ages 8-14)
Budding Naturalist: Maine Tree Walk & Fall Foliage Suncatcher (Ages 8-14)
Bosarge Family Education Center
During this session, participants will learn handy tricks for remembering both the coniferous and deciduous trees of the Maine woods....
Wetlands Tour
Wetlands Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for a staff-led walk through our many wetlands down to the Back River. On this tour, learn how...
3 events,
Fall Explorers: Trees (Ages 3-7)
Fall Explorers: Trees (Ages 3-7)
Bosarge Family Education Center
Join us for a scavenger hunt through the woods as we learn how to identify some of Maine’s native trees...
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
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BRCDWI: Native Plants for Watershed Protection
BRCDWI: Native Plants for Watershed Protection
Bosarge Family Education Center
Join us for this free, special event for Boothbay Region Residents and learn how to take action on climate change, preserve our bodies of water, support healthy ecosystems, and protect locally-sourced drinking water. Keynote speaker Irene Barber, landscape designer, horticulturist, and Adult Education Program Manager at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, will discuss incorporating native plants that increase beauty, biodiversity, and contribute to clean water. Come discover some of the dynamic, striking natives perfect for shorelines, rain gardens, and wetland edges.
2 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
Become a Guardian: Trees of the Trolls Tour
Become a Guardian: Trees of the Trolls Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Dive into forest ecology and discover how to become a better steward of our ecosystem, just like the Guardians of...
3 events,
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Vertical Moss Tapestries
Vertical Moss Tapestries
Bosarge Family Education Center
Using an upcycled frame, design your own vertical moss tapestry. Moss is captivating, from color to texture, and we’ll use several varieties of moss, lichen, and other organic materials. The moss is preserved—no maintenance required! Whether your inspiration is to recreate the feel of a walk in the woods, a birds-eye view of Maine geography, or an abstract color field, participants can create a verdant piece of art that brings the outside-in, all year long.
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
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Fungi Ecology: Life Below & Aboveground
Fungi Ecology: Life Below & Aboveground
Bosarge Family Education Center
Fungi are everywhere! Join us to explore the Gardens’ diverse landscape to learn how fungi get their nutrients, about their role in the environment, and how they help (or hinder) plant growth. Participants will discover the many fungi that are free-living in soil or water; others that are parasitic or symbiotic with plants or animals and those that develop incredible architectural forms. We'll learn lifecyles of some fascinating fungi!
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
3 events,
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Ecological Landscape Design
Ecological Landscape Design
Online & Bosarge Family Education Center
Fridays, October 21 and 28 and Saturday, October 29 | To design landscapes inspired by—and inclusive of—nature, study essential design principles through the lens of natural systems. In this three-day course led by landscape architect Lisa Cowan and landscape designer and horticulturist Irene Barber, students will learn to identify and incorporate the components of ecological landscape design.
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
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Fall Explorers: Harvest Day! (Ages 3-7)
Fall Explorers: Harvest Day! (Ages 3-7)
Bosarge Family Education Center
Come and enjoy one of the last open days of the season as we take in all the fall has...
3 events,
Forest Therapy and Tea
Forest Therapy and Tea
Bosarge Family Education Center
Deepening your connection to nature through moving meditation offers enormous benefits for personal well-being. In this gentle class, experience how the simple practice of walking mindfully through a forest can provide deep serenity. By engaging with all five senses, we can enhance awareness and presence. Follow Susan Bickford, certified guide in the ancient Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or forest therapy/forest bathing, and gain the tools needed to begin your own meditation practice. The walk ends with a tea ceremony.
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
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Create a Succulent Garden Planter (Ages 8+)
Create a Succulent Garden Planter (Ages 8+)
Bosarge Family Education Center
This family-friendly, hands-on workshop will have you exploring your gardening creativity in a whole new way! Bring a part of...
1 event,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Join us for this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Café building and walk through the gardens...
1 event,
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Wildlife in the Backyard: Mammals (Ages 14+)
Wildlife in the Backyard: Mammals (Ages 14+)
Bosarge Family Education Center
Ages 14-adult are invited to join us for an informative look into the mammals you may not always see, but...
