The Gardens’ horticulture staff and volunteers will soon plant 23,000 bulbs, so we can all look forward to a fabulous display of color next spring. They may be…

Fall color has reached the Boothbay peninsula right along with some chilly weather, and Gardens guests delight in the mix of colorful foliage, graceful grasses and…

Celebrate the history, flavor and tradition of Maine apples while honoring the importance of a diversified, perennial agriculture.

The annual Great Maine Apple Day takes place on Sunday, Oct…

Now’s the time to begin digging up the garden. Some plants have finished for the season. Remove old foliage and stems. Leave most seed-bearing…

Boothbay Region Garden Club members Alice Schambra and Judy Burgess are putting the finishing touches on the Club’s…

Harvest season is in full swing at the Gardens. In addition to the 15,000 pounds of pumpkins and other gourds brightening the Central Gardens, a bevy of eerie, funny, and/or cute scarecrows…

All are invited to the solar home/Green building tour on Saturday, October 5. Visit the home of Trudy and Michael Mayhew and the headquarters of Heliotropic…

Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine and the Midcoast Green Collaborative have joined to offer opportunities for mid coast residents to learn how to make interior storm windows and…

The hummingbirds are making a racket! Gardens guests hear those tiny wings “humming” before they even see the birds zipping around in twos and even…

Thomas Hoerth, the City of Bath’s arborist and tree warden, will be the featured speaker at the Boothbay Region Garden Club meeting Wednesday, Oct. 9.

Hoerth…

The Marston House in Wiscasset will be hosting a book signing with Joan Osofsky, the author of “Love Where You Live.”

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has engaged internationally acclaimed Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects to guide the organization into its…

I arrived home yesterday to discover that a 40-plus foot hemlock on our property, which has provided a visual barrier between our property and our neighbor’s, had been cut to the ground by…

You can see and feel the seasons changing at the Gardens. Daily children’s activities are now offered on weekends only (except Storytime, which is also on Mondays at 10 a.m.) Fall…

Community Housing of Maine (CHOM) is announcing the grand opening celebration of Campbell Creek Village (…

“What are you going to write about this week?” asked Jane.

Monarch butterflies are one of the delights of a Maine summer. From late July into early fall, we are graced with their companionship in the garden and we are allowed a glimpse into the miracle…

Fall is fantastic at the Gardens. In addition to admiring drifts of flowers in autumnal hues and tall, tawny grasses, visitors find the cooler weather perfect for a stroll through gardens or along…

Arborist Rolf Briggs shares it all

Certified arborist…

Here’s September, part summer, part autumn.

It’s a month of dahlias and Japanese…

Art plus gardens plus food equal a great combo. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, on Barters Island Road in Boothbay, has five exhibits on view now…

The Plummer Gallery and Gardens conducted guided tours of their perennial gardens and art gallery Thursday, Aug. 15, to a large group from the Herb Society of America, based in Pennsylvania.

“What’s this?” asked Jean, holding out a flower-tipped sprig.

It was a piece of…

“‘Twas just gardens in the rain,” but almost everybody came to the Boothbay Region Garden Club Home and Garden Tour on Friday, July 26. Although the sun never came out that day, the…

Sales of Lincoln County homes were up almost 15 percent in the second quarter of this year when compared with last year’s figures, according to figures released by…

If you favor a vegetable garden with perfectly straight, weedless rows or flower beds where each individual plant is set off elegantly in its own space, you probably won’t find…

Overlooking the passageway from Ebenecook to the Sheepscot River, this compound, with the main house and two guest cottages, sits on a lovely peninsula all its own. …

Kaye Vosburgh, a floral designer with numerous awards to her credit, will be at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens on Tuesday, July 23 to present both a demonstration and a workshop…

This is a home the way Maine homes should be.

Nestled in the woods with a wonderful water view, the home's gardens are done in a beautiful acceptance…

On June 20, the Garden Club Federation of Maine installed officers for the 2013-2015 term.

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The Boothbay Region YMCA was lucky enough to receive a lovely cherry tree donation from Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.…

Garden club members statewide seeking to grow in knowledge about their earthy passion attended the 82nd annual convention of the Garden Club Federation of Maine June 18-20.…

Think of June, think of roses.

When did the human love affair with roses begin?

We know that these flowers existed before…

The weather is improving and many pumpkin plantlets that were adopted during the May 19 Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Plant Giveaway are enjoying this week’s sunshine. However, some may…

Garden club members statewide seeking to grow in knowledge about their earthy passion attended the 82nd annual convention of the Garden Club Federation of Maine June 18-20.…

The National Garden Bureau has designated the perennial for 2013 as wildflowers.

That’s a tall order. Maine has an abundance of wildflowers, including…

In preparation for for "The Sea Around Us," sponsored by the Boothbay Region Garden Club, Greg Bond met with us to discuss the finer details of Paul Coulombe's home, the…

William Cullina, an award-winning leader in horticulture and botanical garden design and management, has been honored with a national “Award of Excellence” from National Garden…

For a gardener, May can be a busy month.

There are seeds to be planted, indoors or in the garden. There’s raking up of old leaves (and often, blown-in…

The Town of Boothbay Harbor has graciously agreed to let the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s annual plant sale take place under cover this year.

All…

Fishing fanatics, wait no longer!

Oak Street Outdoors opens Saturday, May 18 in Boothbay Harbor. Owner Doug Roberts said he wanted an…

Why grow a food garden, anyway?

Really fresh vegetables are better for our health and can often keep us from illness and sadness. They taste good, too…

During the long Memorial Day weekend, May 25 through 27, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will be a hive of activity. Maine Days continue all three days, guests can enjoy a student…

Spring has arrived at last, and gardeners like Wiscasset’s Linda Pope are thinning out their perennials. Linda and a number of other local gardeners will pot their extra plants…

Abby Gordon's love affair with Paris, France began years before she began working there as a lawyer in July 2007.

She had visited Paris many times…

In her workshop and slide show, “Container Gardening – Lots of Pots,” Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens horticulturist Diane Walden will show effective combinations, designs, and planting tips. The…

Deb has happily acquired a community garden plot.

It’s not far from where she lives. The garden is in full sun on a north slope. Because she was late…

The Margaret Ellis Community Garden located at the Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset is now accepting applications for plots to grow fruits and vegetables for the 2013 growing season…

To the members of the Knox-Lincoln Beekeepers Club, springtime means the appearance of the honeybees that have wintered over in their hives.

It also means bringing together a class of new…

To celebrate National Garden Month, TripAdvisor named the top 10 public gardens in the U.S., and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay heads the list.

On the…