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Gardening Advice
Find practical answers written for Maine gardens and our changing seasons.
Featured Projects
Planting projects can be as small as a potted plant and as big as a community garden! Choose the project that fits you. Whether it’s a window box full of herbs or enough tomatoes to feed the whole neighborhood, the important thing is to get your hands in the soil and start planting. Some ideas are listed below.
Design a Cottage Garden
Pretentious plantings not your style? Add an arbor gate and some containers for the perfect cottage garden.
How Our Gardens Give Back and Help the Environment
Work with nature, not against it. An ideal eco-garden is made up of native species and works with the landscape, moisture, and light you have, not what you don’t.
Make a Worm Composting Bin
Kids will love this project from KidsGardening.org — it combines the fun of working with worms with an education in composting. (Find other great projects as well!)
Kids Can Grow
This youth gardening program at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension features hands-on classes and making a 3’ x 5’ raised bed.
Farm Explorers
Come explore the fascinating wonders of farming with your little one! Family Programs at Wolf’s Neck Farm is made for children to explore a working farm.
Add Some Color
What’s new this year? Browse bright beauties such as Maples, Hummingbird Mint, and Ambrosia from Pride’s Corner Farm to add a pop of color to your backyard.
Feed Your Bed
Landscaping for Butterflies in Maine
Go wild! Look to native plants and natural attractors to create habitats for butterflies and create a lively backyard. You’ll be supporting a strong pollinator community. UMaine Extension will help you find plants will entice butterflies to your garden.
