Calendar of Garden Events
Garden happenings, exhibits, and special events can be found on the calendar below.
Calendar of Events
Sun Sunday
Mon Monday
Tue Tuesday
Wed Wednesday
Thu Thursday
Fri Friday
Sat Saturday
1 event,
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...
3 events,
Grow a Garden with Us! (Ages 4-11)
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."
Signs of the Seasons Citizen Science Training (Ages 14+)
Signs of the Seasons Citizen Science Training (Ages 14+)
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is teaming up once again with Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension to participate in “Signs of the Seasons,” a citizen science program that engages volunteers in observing plant and animal phenology, or the study of seasonal life events like when birds make their nests in the spring, when berries ripen in the summer, and when leaves change color in the autumn.
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...
1 event,
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...
1 event,
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...
1 event,
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...
2 events,
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...
Trees of the Trolls Tour
Trees of the Trolls Tour
The trolls have emerged at the Gardens—and they’re guarding the seeds of Maine's most important tree species, hidden deep in...
1 event,
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...
2 events,
Mother’s Day at the Gardens
Treat your mother to flowers at the Gardens! We’re offering free admission for all mothers. No need to purchase a...
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...
2 events,
Grow a Garden with Us! (Ages 4-11)
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."
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...
1 event,
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...
1 event,
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...
3 events,
Photography Club
Photography Club
The Photography Club meets every other Thursday morning at the Gardens, 7-9 a.m. Enjoy having the whole of our campus...
Spring Explorations: Birds (Ages 3-7)
Spring Explorations: Birds (Ages 3-7)
Spring is one of the best times to go bird-watching—many birds are returning to their mating grounds and are as...
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...
2 events,
Natural Communities of Maine
Natural Communities of Maine
Friday, May 13 and Sunday, May 22 | Learn how Maine’s native plants behave in their natural habitats. Guided by ecologist Ted Elliman, this comprehensive, two-day course will introduce students to several plant communities, the native plants living in them, and the natural processes affecting them.
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...
4 events,
Plein Air Days
Set up your easel and paint or sketch at the Gardens for free! Enjoy glorious spring weather and capture some...
Wildlife in the Backyard: Birds (Ages 14+)
Wildlife in the Backyard: Birds (Ages 14+)
In this active field-study class, students ages 14-adult will learn more about our resident and migrating birds. We'll discuss identification...
Garden Design: Final Plan to Fruition
Garden Design: Final Plan to Fruition
Whether you're working on a new garden design or revising an existing space, this final installment of our garden design series will address both the large-scale process and the detailed specifics of your personal design. We’ll work together in a collaborative workshop, presenting and providing constructive feedback on students' unique design efforts.
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...
2 events,
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...
3 events,
Grow a Garden with Us! (Ages 4-11)
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."
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...
3 events,
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...
Native Plant Tour
Native Plant Tour
Our Native Plant Tour begins with a stroll down the Haney Hillside, moving from cultivated native plantings to the natural...
4 events,
Budding Naturalist: Birds (Ages 8-14)
Budding Naturalist: Birds (Ages 8-14)
Calling all young birders and aspiring birders! Join us on a walk to identify birds migrating through Maine as well...
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...
Spring Explorations: Pollinators (Ages 3-7)
Spring Explorations: Pollinators (Ages 3-7)
With all the flowers that we care for at the Gardens, it’s no surprise that we are regularly and frequently...
Wetlands Tour
Wetlands Tour
Join us for a staff-led walk through our many wetlands down to the Back River. On this tour, learn how...
2 events,
Orientation for Botanical Arts Certificate
Orientation for Botanical Arts Certificate
Mindy Lighthipe image. For new and returning Botanical Arts Certificate students: join us to review 2022’s courses, the requirements needed...
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...
2 events,
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...
Trees of the Trolls Tour
Trees of the Trolls Tour
The trolls have emerged at the Gardens—and they’re guarding the seeds of Maine's most important tree species, hidden deep in...
3 events,
Forest Therapy and Tea (Sold Out)
Forest Therapy and Tea (Sold Out)
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.
Creating a Miniature Garden (Ages 8+) (Sold Out)
Creating a Miniature Garden (Ages 8+) (Sold Out)
This fun and family-friendly hands-on workshop will have you exploring your gardening creativity—in miniature! First, learn about and draw inspiration...
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...
1 event,
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...
2 events,
Grow a Garden with Us! (Ages 4-11)
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."
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...
1 event,
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...
1 event,
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...
3 events,
Spring Explorations: Pond Life (Ages 3-7) (Sold Out)
Spring Explorations: Pond Life (Ages 3-7) (Sold Out)
The Gardens is full of beauty and wonder thriving aboveground, but there’s plenty to discover below the surface! Join us...
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...
Budding Naturalist: Beginner Spring Botany (Ages 8-14)
Budding Naturalist: Beginner Spring Botany (Ages 8-14)
While the Gardens is home to many beautiful, cultivated plants, there are quite a few wonderful wildflowers that pop up...
3 events,
Fundamentals of Botany
Fundamentals of Botany
Friday, May 27 and Saturday, June 4 | With a core understanding of plant biology, working with nature takes on a whole new depth. Beginning with basic plant anatomy, students will learn how every aspect of the organism works together to sustain photosynthesis, respiration, and water and mineral uptake.
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...
Trees of the Trolls Tour
Trees of the Trolls Tour
The trolls have emerged at the Gardens—and they’re guarding the seeds of Maine's most important tree species, hidden deep in...
4 events,
Maine Days
FREE for Maine Residents | May 28, 29 & 30 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens was founded by Maine residents with...
Pastel Society of Maine: Youth Workshop (Ages 8-12)
Pastel Society of Maine: Youth Workshop (Ages 8-12)
This workshop introduces young artists to color and to the abundant life that emerges when we translate a 3D garden...
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...
Pastel Society of Maine: Adult Workshop (Sold Out)
Pastel Society of Maine: Adult Workshop (Sold Out)
Curious about introducing pastels into your artwork and developing your skills? Join us for this workshop and explore artistic expression of a garden theme through the medium of pastel. An experienced Pastel Society of Maine Signature Member will demonstrate pastel use, assist with materials, and help students learn to edit their subject, block in color, and use layers to create details and convey light, shape, and movement.
2 events,
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...
3 events,
Grow a Garden with Us! (Ages 4-11)
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."
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...
1 event,
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...
2 events,
Spring Explorations: Birds (Ages 3-7)
Spring Explorations: Birds (Ages 3-7)
Spring is one of the best times to go bird-watching—many birds are returning to their mating grounds and are as...
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...
2 events,
Demystifying Watercolor
Demystifying Watercolor
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.
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...
1 event,
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...
1 event,
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...
