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Garden Fair & Native Plant Sale (6/6-8) - Schedule for Sunday, June 8

Garden Fair workshops and classes will continue throughout the day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 6-8. Nearly all are free with regular Gardens admission.

Below is the schedule for Sunday, June 8. For additional details about the Garden Fair & Native Plant Sale, including the list of vendors and attractions, click here; or visit the separate pages for the Friday, June 6 schedule, or Saturday, June 7 schedule.

Schedule for Sunday, June 8

9:00 am

• The Art of Pressed Flowers, Ruth Wales, The Botanical Studios at Buttermilk Lane
  Inside the Gardens’ Marketplace
  Free

 

10:00 am

• Composting Workshop, Mark King
  Kitchen Garden Terrace
  Free
• Using Natural Stone in Landscape, Mike Brochu, Anderson Farms
  Meet inside Visitor Center
  Free
• Fantasy & Architectural Sculpture, David Lee, Millennium Gallery
  Inside the Gardens’ Marketplace
  Free
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11:00 am

• Easy Herb Gardening, Barbara & Kim, Boothbay Region Greenhouses
  Kitchen Garden Terrace
  Free
• Made in Maine: Indigenous Plants Downeast, Bill Cullina, Plant & Garden Curator, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
  Keynote tent
  Free
• Free Guided Tours
  Meet at Saxon Fireplace
  Free

 

11:00 am-3:00 pm

• Garden Games & Activities for Kids
  Children’s Activity Area
  Free

Noon

• Using Herbs from your Windowsill, Barbara & Kim, Boothbay Region Greenhouses
  Kitchen Garden Terrace
  Free

1:00 pm

• Natural Lawns: How to Grow a Beautiful Green and Organic Lawn, Paul Tukey, People, Places and Plants
  Keynote tent
  Free
• Free Guided Tours
  Meet at the Saxon Fireplace
  Free

2:00 pm

• ‘The Secret Garden,’ performers from the Boothbay Playhouse
  Kitchen Garden Terrace
  Free

2:30 pm

• Designs from the Garden: Small, Medium, Large, Stephanie Pilk, Flora Home 
  Creating five floral designs of various sizes, Stephanie Pilk of Flora Home will demonstrate how to design artistic arrangements using materials from your own garden. The results of her talent and expertise will be auctioned off at the end of the program. Stephanie’s work has been featured in Maine Home + Design magazine. Flora Home is also a vendor in the Gardens Marketplace at the Garden Fair.
  Inside Visitor Center
  To learn more, click here.
  NOW FREE!!

3:00 pm

• Vegetable Potager, Eliza Soeth
  Kitchen Garden Terrace
  Free

For additional details about the Garden Fair & Native Plant Sale, including the list of vendors and attractions, click here; or visit the separate pages for Friday, June 6 schedule, or Saturday, June 7 schedule.

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Date/Time: Sunday, June 8, all day
Location: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens