Would you like to know how to have a small pond with fish and lovely flowers around it in your yard? Would you like to grow your own vegetables? How about having native flowers for every season…
Home and Garden
Four Wiscasset homeowners opened their doors to visitors for the first “Homes on Tour” Saturday, July 9; Wiscasset Creative Alliance, the event’s sponsor, hopes this will become a new summertime…
Dry summer skin be gone! Join the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) to soothe chapped lips and skin by learning to make your own skin salve on Saturday, July 23 at 10 a.m. Meet us at the LOCAL…
Home and Garden tour tickets still available. On Friday, July 15, join us for the ever popular Boothbay Region Garden Club Home and Garden tour.
Discover a charming 19th century home with…
Wiscasset Creative Alliance announces its first ever “Wiscasset Homes on Tour” on Saturday, July 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour will feature a selection of beautiful and historic locations…
The Boothbay Region Garden Club welcomes you back to our Home and Garden Tour in 2022! Save the date: Friday, July 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The tour features special properties with guest…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Maine Days, generously sponsored by Renys, welcomes Maine residents to visit the Gardens at no cost over Memorial Day Weekend, May 28, 29 and 30.
Founded…
Calling all who love hemlocks! These majestic trees need people to help protect them from a scourge by learning to identify and monitor for an invasive non-native insect that threatens their…
Lincoln County Historical Association’s Chapman-Hall House Stewardship Committee invites the public to an outdoor presentation on small space herb gardening. On May 14 at 10 a.m. at the small herb…
The situation has created myriad health problems
For seven years, off and on, Cheryl Harkins lived out of her car and in a homeless encampment in Portland. Harkins, who is 100% disabled related to degenerative conditions, said her legs would…
Spring is in the air, and that means garden time! Organic perennials from Rebel Hill Farm can help create inviting habitat for the natural community on homeowners’ land. Gardeners can come by…
Sowing seeds
For the third year in a row Veggies to Table has donated thousands of packets of seeds to local pantries, schools, and partners, giving community members a chance to start…
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
Learn how to balance beauty, wildlife value, and your garden workload! Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is pleased to welcome Anna Fialkoff, program manager…
AUGUSTA — Buyer demand for Maine real estate continues to fuel a competitive market, and a lower-than-normal supply of single-family existing homes for sale…
Connecting people to plants and nature is at the heart of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ mission, a connection now available earlier than ever before. In an effort to help people plan their most…
Knox-Lincoln SWCD is partnering with Boothbay Region Land Trust to host “Backyard Birding with Lee Emmons” in a hybrid manner of both…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil and…
Is there hope for the near-mythic American chestnut tree? In an online program hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Dr. Donald Edward Davis will explore the rich ecological and cultural…
Renovations are a great way for homeowners to reshape their homes. Some may aspire to renovate so their home is more reflective of their personal taste, while others may do so in an effort to make…
Have you thought about getting into beekeeping, but wondered where to start, or whether it makes sense for you? Join Knox-Lincoln County Beekeepers for a free informational Zoom webinar on…
Growing native plants in one’s yard or garden can make a difference for pollinators and other insects, as well as the birds that depend on insects to feed their young each spring.
On…
Veggies to Table is pleased to announce its brand-new Zoom Supper Club Series starting Feb. 17 with a focus on local food, community building, and education. Enjoy great food and lively…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2022 Spring Plant Sale Catalog is now available in print and online! Plants are…
Single-family existing homes across Maine remained in very high demand during the full sales year of 2021. According to Maine Listings, the statewide median…
Demand remains strong for existing single-family homes in Maine, while for-sale inventory is lower than a typical, balanced real estate market. According to…
Orono, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about growing…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about winter garden design from 6 to 7:15 p.m. on…
The next meeting of Garden Club of Wiscasset is Oct. 7 in the dark blue, Education Center Building at Maine Tasting Center on Route 1 in Wiscasset with parking behind, on Old Bath…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, thanks to a partnership with Hidden Valley Nature Center of Midcoast Conservancy, now has a new outdoor classroom. The collaboration, offered as a timber frame…
Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education Program is pleased to welcome Master Gardener Jean Vose to their Fall Program to present a three-week…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class on dehydrating and freezing for food preservation, Thursday, Sept. 23, from 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Learn how to safely preserve…
For the fourth year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will host educator and nature photographer Samuel Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab, Aug. 19-27 (with a break on Monday, Aug.23). A…
Garden Club of Wiscasset (GCW) held its annual luncheon and business meeting June 3 in the beautiful terrace area of Montsweag Farm Restaurant. Members were able to enjoy one another’s company in…
Mushroom expert Greg Marley will present an online workshop titled “Bewildering Bolete Mushrooms: So many, and challenging to learn” on Thursday, July 22, from 6:30-8 p.m.
The boletes are…
Garden Club of Wiscasset member Jan Flowers sat with a stranger’s blanket about her Saturday as she helped man a bake sale at the club’s plant sale. The annual event was fully outdoors this year…
Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its 30th annual plant sale May 8t at the Wiscasset municipal building, at the corner of Routes 1 and 27 from 8:30 a.m. until noon…
COVID has sparked a deeper interest in gardening throughout the Midcoast. People have always gardened in hard times, but food is only part of that story. They are motivated by the desire for…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a new video series designed for the at-home cook who wants to learn more about preparing and cooking locally sourced meat.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about fiddleheads from 6–7:15 p.m. April 14.
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The next program of the Garden Club of Wiscasset will be held via Zoom on Thursday, April 1 at 1 p.m.
An educator from Chewonki’s Traveling Natural History program will discuss “Vernal…
When Rebuilding Together - Lincoln County (RT-LC) rolled out its Ramps-for-All program last month, they knew it would be popular but not as popular as it turned out to be. As a result, the non-…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is pleased to welcome Kalyn Bickerman-Martens to share more about the state-wide citizen science effort,…
Midcoast Conservancy will offer a virtual event, “Rewilding Your Yard: How Doing Can Less Can Bring You More”, on Thursday, March 11, from 6:30-8 p.m.
Lucy Birkett, ecology enthusiast and…
On Tuesday, March 16 at noon, the Bath Garden Club is holding a virtual meeting of members and anyone interested can request the link to join us.
The guest speaker is local artist, farmer…
Midcoast Conservancy will offer a virtual event, “Rewilding Your Yard: How Doing Can Less Can Bring You More”, on Thursday, March 11, from 6:30-8 pm. Lucy Birkett, ecology enthusiast and ecosystem…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about edible native plants in the landscape from 6–7 p.m. Feb. 24.…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2021 Spring Plant Sale Catalog is now available in print and online. Plants are…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about the principles of pruning from 6–7 p.m. Feb. 10.…
Mid-Coast Audubon will be accepting bird seed orders through Feb. 20 to raise funds to support bird conservation and education programming. Orders can be placed by mail-in form available at Mid-…
