Get Planting
When Mainers get planting, they improve their lives in wonderful and surprising ways. At Plant Something Maine, we’re on a mission to help people, kids, and families all around the state to take the first step: plant a tree, a shrub, vegetables, or flowers. Do it in a container, a window box, a raised bed, a community garden or in your backyard – anytime you set down roots it has an impact on your health, your well-being your community, your environment, even your wallet!
Are you ready to join the thousands of planting enthusiasts across the country? You don’t have to be a professional gardener or expert landscaper. All you have to do is take the first step!
What Can You Do?
- Visit your local Garden Center.
- Learn how to start a vegetable garden or a flower garden, container garden or plant a tree or bush, or simple browse our ideas for gardening inspiration.
- Volunteer at a local community garden center.
- Attend an Event — tour a local garden, or take a class.
- Stay connected. Get news, events, blog posts and videos in your mailbox.
Find a garden center near you!
Ask a Gardening Question ⇛
Should I remove my burning bush?
How do you get rid of brown-tail moths?
How do I care for my new apple tree?
When do I prune my hydrangea bush?
How do I prepare my bushes for the winter?
What plants are deer resistant?
“I’m originally from Chicago and the only plant I ever had was a sad philodendron. Now that I live in Maine, I ask questions at my local gardening center every time I go. They’re so nice! Never once have they looked at me like I’m crazy for not knowing the difference between a cornflower and a coneflower.”
Tim Blair, Bath, Maine