Calendar of Garden Events
Garden happenings, exhibits, and special events can be found on the calendar below.
Calendar of Events
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1 event,
Boothbay Resident Days
Boothbay residents get free admission on weekends throughout the regular season. Advance registration is required this year; please call to...
3 events,
Introduction to Encaustics
Drip, pour, drag, layer, heat, and incise! Learn the art of encaustic painting in this hands-on workshop using pigmented wax and a heated palette! Through a rich variety of marks and surfaces, explore the various painting techniques of this seductive medium. We will also look to CMBG’s gardens as sources of inspiration.
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
4 events,
Fall Explorers: Five Senses Walk (Ages 4-8)
Fall Explorers: Five Senses Walk (Ages 4-8)
Join our educators this fall for in-person walks to explore nature and experience fall at the Gardens, perfect for ages...
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
4 events,
Ecological Landscape Design
Students will examine naturally occurring systems that influence design decisions, practice environmental site analysis, and design conceptual plot plans for a selected site. Instruction will take place online for days one and two. On day three, students will meet at the Gardens to critically examine applied design features that address ecological principles and components.
Budding Naturalist: Wild Edibles of the Fall (Ages 8-14)
Budding Naturalist: Wild Edibles of the Fall (Ages 8-14)
Does your child love nature and want to expand their identification skills? In this program geared toward students ages 8-14,...
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Accessible Cart Tour – Free Wednesdays
Accessible Cart Tour – Free Wednesdays
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
3 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
4 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
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...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
2 events,
Boothbay Resident Days
Boothbay residents get free admission on weekends throughout the regular season. Advance registration is required this year; please call to...
The Art of Forest Bathing: Shinrin Yoku
The Art of Forest Bathing: Shinrin Yoku
Deepening your connection to nature through moving meditation offers enormous benefits for personal well-being. Follow Susan Bickford, forest therapy guide...
1 event,
Boothbay Resident Days
Boothbay residents get free admission on weekends throughout the regular season. Advance registration is required this year; please call to...
2 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
2 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
5 events,
Lincoln County Resident Days
Lincoln County residents get free admission on the first Wednesday of the month throughout the regular season. For admission, please...
Invasive Plants: Issues, Identification and Ecology
Invasive Plants: Issues, Identification and Ecology
For two days, dive into learning the basic ecological problems surrounding invasive plants, the complicated (and sometimes political) issues surrounding the species, and the process by which a plant becomes labeled “invasive.”
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Budding Naturalist: Mosses and Mushrooms (Ages 8-14)
Budding Naturalist: Mosses and Mushrooms (Ages 8-14)
Does your child love nature and want to expand their identification skills? In this program geared toward students ages 8-14,...
3 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Fall Explorers: Five Senses Walk (Ages 4-8)
Fall Explorers: Five Senses Walk (Ages 4-8)
Join our educators this fall for in-person walks to explore nature and experience fall at the Gardens, perfect for ages...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
3 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
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...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
3 events,
Maine Days
FREE for Maine Residents | Oct. 9, 10, & 11 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens was founded by Maine residents with...
Boothbay Resident Days
Boothbay residents get free admission on weekends throughout the regular season. Advance registration is required this year; please call to...
Tree ID: Forest Species of Maine
Tree ID: Forest Species of Maine
Our Northeastern forest genera consists of a wide assortment of deciduous and coniferous species that vary throughout the macro- and...
2 events,
Boothbay Resident Days
Boothbay residents get free admission on weekends throughout the regular season. Advance registration is required this year; please call to...
3 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
4 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Fall Explorers: Sensational Seeds! (Ages 4-8)
Fall Explorers: Sensational Seeds! (Ages 4-8)
Join our educators this fall for in-person walks to explore nature and experience fall at the Gardens, perfect for ages...
Native Plant Tour
Native Plant Tour
CMBG’s native plants will begin with a stroll down the Haney Hillside, moving from cultivated native plantings to the natural...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
3 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Budding Naturalist: Fall Foliage (Ages 8-14)
Budding Naturalist: Fall Foliage (Ages 8-14)
Does your child love nature and want to expand their identification skills? In this program geared toward students ages 8-14,...
Accessible Cart Tour – Free Wednesdays
Accessible Cart Tour – Free Wednesdays
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
2 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
3 events,
Highlights Tour
Highlights Tour
Join us during this hour-long tour through our central gardens. Meet by the Kitchen Garden Café and walk through the...
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...
Accessible Cart Tour
Accessible Cart Tour
Our one-hour accessible cart tours are led by trained Gardens' docents, rain or shine, on our quiet electric cart. The...
1 event,
Boothbay Resident Days
Boothbay residents get free admission on weekends throughout the regular season. Advance registration is required this year; please call to...
1 event,
Boothbay Resident Days
Boothbay residents get free admission on weekends throughout the regular season. Advance registration is required this year; please call to...
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0 events,
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1 event,
Making a Harvest Wreath
Making a Harvest Wreath
Ever wanted to preserve your garden after the season has ended, extending the enjoyment of its bounty? Join Staff Horticulturist...
