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Shop Local and Support Your Community
Keep Your Holiday Dollars Local The weather is crisping up and fall is upon us! Did you have time to clean up your gardens and put them to bed? Cutting back perennials, protecting delicate plants, and sheltering vulnerable shrubs should be the priority. After the grounds are cleaned up, you may be carving pumpkins,…
Read MoreBee a Friend to Pollinators
Give them water Bees and other pollinators are hard at work! Did you know? According to Golden Blossom Honey, “In order to produce 1 pound of honey, 2 million flowers must be visited. A hive of bees must fly 55,000 miles to produce a pound of honey. One bee colony can produce 60 to 100 pounds of honey per year.…
Read MorePlant Something Weekend
Celebrate the Season of Growing June 21st-June 23rd is a special weekend. Maine’s local Independent Garden Centers are gearing up for a statewide push to get families outside and in the dirt with Plant Something Weekend, June 21st-23rd. Kick off the gardening season with the latest and greatest plants, shrubs, and trees, expert…
Read MoreMaine Flower Show Premiere Night
Join us for the Premiere! Spring has finally sprung and we are just one week away from the launch of the Maine Flower Show. March 27th, at 6:30 pm, we will kick off the festivities with a very special preview of the display gardens, providing an exclusive first look at the talented participants whose attention-grabbing…
Read MoreCome for the Flowers, Stay for the Seminars!
Time for Spring Break! We can all agree, we deserve a little break from this winter weather pattern… And that break is coming: The Maine Flower Show will give us the much-needed reprieve we seek from white, cold, snow! While the white stuff may or may not be melting at that point, you will…
Read MoreCelebrate Spring with a Weekend Getaway
Maine Flower Show 2019 Every year the Maine Flower Show creates a new and different experience from years past. This year’s theme is “A Walk in Maine.” Designs will feature interactive, walkable environments that invite visitors to experience firsthand the sights, sounds, and natural beauty that characterize our great state. For four days following Premiere Night, many…
Read MoreKeep Your Dollars Local This Season
Shop Local Plant Something Maine is not just about caring for our natural environment, but also about our social environment, which includes the local economic environment. Check out these stats: “For every $100 you spend at locally owned businesses, $68 will stay in the community. What happens when you spend that same $100 at a…
Read MoreThe Early Bird Gets the Worm: 2019 Maine Flower Show Tickets!
Get Your Early Bird Tickets Tickets for the 2019 Maine Flower Show are now on sale, and you can snag the early bird pricing until December 31st, 2018! These will make perfect stocking stuffers for the garden enthusiast in your life. At this one-of-a-kind event you will discover native plants, find out about landscaping…
Read MorePlant Something Weekend: June 22nd-24th
Join Us for Planting and More Plant Something Weekend is a celebration of everything our campaign stands for: environmental sustainability, personal health, and vibrant communities. Here in Maine, we’re on a mission to move more, fight common diseases, and incorporate physical activity into our everyday life. Gardening — everything from digging a hole to weeding —…
Read MoreSpring Cleaning and Planting
Spring Has Sprung We finally have some spring-like weather! Now is the time to get out in the garden and start cleaning up the yard and prepping your garden beds. You can even do some planting! According to O’Donal’s Nursery, it is not too late to plant spring bulbs such as daffodils, tulips, grape hyacinths…
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