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Children work with watercolor paints during a summer camp. Courtesy of CMBG
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Children work with watercolor paints during a summer camp. Courtesy of CMBG
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For the 2025 season, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is offering any year-round peninsula family, regardless of school age, the opportunity to sign up for summer camps and youth art workshops ahead of the online general sale. This presale opens Jan. 21 to year-round residents in the towns of Boothbay/East Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport and Edgecomb, and registration is limited to two camps per child. To register, please call our main office at 633-8000 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday-Friday or fill out our online registration form. These camps do sell out. Registration opens to the public on Feb. 1.
Scholarships are available for those with a financial barrier. For more information, or to complete a financial aid application, please email Erika Huber at ehuber@mainegardens.org.
Creative Art Camps and Workshops
May 17: DIY Garden Mobiles Family Program (Ages 8+) with Caroline Davis
June 23-27: Storytree Theatre Camp: Trolls & Fairies (Ages 6-9) with Teralyn Reiter
June 25-27: A Second Life: Recycled Sculptures (Ages 9-13) with Helene Farrar
June 30-July 2: Painting the Garden with Collage (Ages 9-14) with Mary Beth Owens
July 8-10: A Second Life: Recycled Sculptures (Ages 7-11) with Helene Farrar
July 19-20: iNature Photography Workshop (Ages 9-14) with Kimberly Post
Aug. 1: Rhyme Crimes: Bugs, Poetry and Nature Observations (Ages 9-14) with Mihku Paul
Aug. 4-8: Storytree Theatre Camp: Magic & Legends (Ages 9-12) with Teralyn Reiter
Summer Camps
July 7-11: Garden Explorers Camp (Ages 4-6)
July 14-18: Nature Adventure Camp (Ages 6-9)
July 21-25: Nature Adventure Camp (Ages 4-6)
Aug. 4-8: Garden Investigators Camp: Habitats (Ages 4-6)
Aug. 11-15: Garden Explorers Camp (Ages 5-8)
Aug. 18-22: Garden Investigators Camp: Habitats (Ages 6-9)
At over 325 acres, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is New England’s largest botanical garden. Home to thousands of different types of plants and visited by hundreds of thousands of guests each year, the Gardens is an inclusive place of learning, beauty, and whimsy around every corner. The mission of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is to inspire meaningful connections between people and nature and promote plant conservation through horticulture, education, and plant science. To learn more, visit MaineGardens.org.
