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Alain Ollier with macaron. Photo Erica Berman

Veggies to Table, a grow-to-donate farm in Newcastle, is looking for volunteers! Autumn is here, and there is still so much to do on the farm - harvesting as much bounty to share with…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is excited to announce our autumn fundraiser - - native wildflower seeds. October is the perfect month to sow wildflower seeds for spring growth…

Lainey Bell, the 2024 American Honey Princess, will visit Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., Augusta, on Sunday, Sept. 8.  She will participate in the first Maine Bee Fest with the Maine State…

The Garden Club of Wiscasset will begin its monthly meetings for 2024-2025 on Sept. 5.
 
The program at 1 p.m. will be presented by Peter Arnold on “Growing Micro-Greens…

The Maine State Beekeepers Association (MSBA) has announced that Dr. Thomas D. Seeley will be its keynote speaker at the upcoming MSBA Bee Fest taking place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept…

Lincoln Arts Festival
Andie Elwell

The Lincoln Arts Festival (LAF) Art Show has been held since 1995, and almost always at a shipyard. For many years now, Hodgdon Yacht Services, at 100 Ebenecook Road, Southport has generously…

Indigo Arts Alliance and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens are proud to unveil two sculptures by Indigo Arts Alliance artists-in-residence Shane Perley-Dutcher and Anna Tsouhlarakis. The newly…

Boothbay Region Garden Club

Boothbay Region Garden Club (BRGC), 93 years strong in 2024, has been preparing for a summer extravaganza of a different kind: the Boothbay In Bloom Summer Fair, coming to Boothbay…

The WindowDressers 2024 Program is accepting requests for inserts.

The Westport Island Community Association Plant Sale is Saturday, June 8 from  9 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the Old Town Hall, 1217 Main Road, Westport Island.
 

The Boothbay Region Garden Club invites you to join us on the Boothbay Common for Boothbay in Bloom; a fabulous summer fair celebrating what makes the Boothbay peninsula special.

The fair…

Lincoln County Historical Association

With the great success of last year’s garden tour, Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) was inspired to seek additional private gardens to showcase. Happily, seven more homeowners have…

Outside of Gardens Aglow, there is no busier weekend at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens than their free weekend, Maine Days. Now a family tradition for many of the state’s residents, the Gardens…

The sun was shining, at least for a little while Saturday, on the annual plant sale hosted by Garden Club of Wiscasset. The fundraiser was, as in past years, held at the municipal building on the…

The Knox Lincoln County Beekeepers (KLCB) is pleased to announce a number of in-person presentations taking place at Lincoln Academy in the ATEC building this summer.  This a great opportunity to…

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…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District

Don’t miss the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Spring Plant Sale at Union Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 11 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Plants have been chosen for their value as…

In Wiscasset Community Center’s gym Saturday morning after her older siblings went for swim time, Abby Richards, 2, was in her father Ben Richards’ arms as the Topsham man spoke with Wiscasset…

The next meeting of the Garden Club of Wiscasset will be on May 2 at First Congregational Church, 28 High St. (Fellowship Hall) in Wiscasset. There is a brief…
The Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its annual plant sale on Saturday, May 11 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Wiscasset Municipal Building at the corner of Routes 1 and 27.…

Spring has sprung at Hidden Valley Nature Center. The woods are alive with the sounds, sites and smells of the awakening forest. Vernal pools, filled with the rains of spring, are just beginning…

Where it’s at

I’m not quite sure which Rodale Press organic gardening book my first husband John and I used as our “bible,” planning our first veg garden in 1976. I suspect, after looking at the Rodale Press…

Newcastle nonprofit Veggies to Table and daily newsletter “Eat Drink Lucky” are teaming up to bring you beautiful tea towels this spring, to benefit Veggies to Table.

“Eat Drink Lucky” (…

Gardening books at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop are on sale at half-price, from March 5 through March 19.

In announcing the sale, Rosie Bensen, co-manager of the shop,  said “Now is the…

Veggies to Table, a non-profit grow-to-donate vegetable and flower farm in Newcastle, has been selected by Hannaford Supermarkets as a beneficiary of their Bloomin’ 4 Good Program at their…

Local nonprofit Veggies to Table is looking ahead to the coming growing season with the launch of their Dahlia Joy Fundraiser this week.

Veggies to Table, based in Newcastle, is dedicated…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2024 Spring Plant Sale Catalog is now available in print and online! Plants are available for pre-order, either online or by mail through…

The Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its next meeting on Thursday, Feb. 1 at First Congregational Church’s Fellowship Hall, 28 High St., Wiscasset.

Are you concerned about the invasive mile-a-minute weed discovered in Maine or looking to learn how to tackle browntail moths? In partnership with the Maine Integrated Pest Management (IPM)…

Garden Club of Wiscasset

The Garden Club of Wiscasset will have its next meeting Thursday, Oct. 5 at First Congregational Church’s Fellowship Hall, 28 High St., Wiscasset. There is a…

On Sept. 23, Veggies to Table, a grow-to-donate farm in Newcastle, is offering a foraging class on the farm given by Rachel Alexandrou. Rachel will share her deep knowledge of wild edibles and how…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is excited to announce our autumn fundraiser — native wildflower seeds. October is the perfect month to sow wildflower seeds for spring growth.…

The Garden Club of Wiscasset will have an evening meeting on Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. It is hoped that this time period can accommodate those garden club members and interested others who work to be able…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

This year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will present its 13th annual Ina and Lewis Heafitz Endowed Lecture Series at the Gardens on Aug. 31, 4-5:30 p.m. The free lecture, “Invitations from and…

Asiatic lilies, astilbe, coneflower, tiger lily, hydrangea, lady’s mantle, daisies, dahlias, beach roses, hosta, Russian sage, roses, sedum, petunias, larkspur, ferns, rock cress, coral bells,…

Sunken Garden, off Federal and Main streets in Wiscasset, has “a certain peacefulness about it,” Garden Club of Wiscasset’s Emily Adler said. Created in the early 1900s in the foundation of a…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

For the sixth year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will host educator and nature photographer Samuel Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab, July 26-30. A perennial favorite, this exhibit will…

On Saturday, July 22, Veggies to Table, a grow-to-donate produce and flower farm in Newcastle, is partnering with forager and wild food cook Rachel Alexandrou to offer two classes on safely…

The Maine Community Foundation recently awarded Veggies to Table a grant of $10,000 to support the general operations of this grow-to-donate organic vegetable and flower farm. The funds will…

Incredible gardens in five Lincoln County villages will be open to visitors over two days this summer. “The Gardens of Lincoln County,” hosted by Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA), is a…

Sprucewold started as a log cabin colony in Boothbay Harbor in 1888. The land was developed by the Boothbay Harbor and Boston Land Companies. Between 1906 and 1913, the development that we know…

Where It’s At

The Boothbay Farmer’s Market has moved around over the past two decades from the Boothbay Region schools parking lot to the Meadow Mall parking lot to the Boothbay Common, and man has it grown.…

The Garden Club of Wiscasset held its annual meeting at Maine Tasting Center, 506 Old Bath Road, Wiscasset, June 1. Members enjoyed a delightful tea and a delicious array of food. In…

On Saturday, July 22, Indigo Arts Alliance (IAA) and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) will present “Deconstructing the Boundaries: A Future of Land and Food Resilience,” the first…

The Boothbay Region Garden Club was contacted by Sarah Currier, 4th grade teacher at Edgecomb Eddy School, for help in establishing a pollinator garden. Kevin Bowler and Karen Iliades from the…

This stunning home on Pratts Island in Southport will present you with an exquisite mix of architecture, interior design and sweeping views. Your first glance will be through magnificent, curved…

Here on the Midcoast of Maine it’s just about time to plant the dahlias. They can be planted as soon as the soil fluffy and ready to be worked and, of course, when danger of frost has passed.…

“Just superb,” Wiscasset’s Julie Olsen said.

“A perfect day for planting,” Bath’s Margaret Leitch Copeland said.

“Could not be better,” with the breeze and without bugs, Wiscasset’…

Early morning is Jonathan Tindal’s favorite time of day. The Boothbay man, a broker with Tindal & Callahan Real Estate in Boothbay Harbor, can achieve a good work flow then, when his phone…