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Tom Estabrook of Estabrook’s in Yarmouth on Endless Summer Hydrangeas
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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.
Design a Cottage Garden
Pretentious plantings not your style? Add an arbor gate and some containers for the perfect cottage garden.
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Eco-friendly Gardens
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.
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Kids Gardening Activities
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! This program at Wolf’s Neck Farm is made for toddlers and preschoolers to explore a working farm.
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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.
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Feed Your Bed
Understanding plant nutrients, common fertilizer terms, and how to read plant food labels can turn your garden from boring to beautiful. You’ll a solid foundation of Plant Food Basics from Espoma.
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Make a Butterfly Garden
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.
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Most Inspiring Plant Ever… “Last year, a neighbor gave me some Echinacea, which I planted in my backyard. I was stunned to see the unique butterflies their flowers attracted. Each day during their bloom, I go outside and admire the colorful, active world outside my door.”
