Dig It! Garden Blog

Last summer, five giant trolls emerged from the woods at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. These trolls are nature’s protectors—the Guardians of the Seeds. Deep in the forest, they have saved and hidden seeds from ten…

Here in Maine, we always look forward to spring and seeing new and returning plant life in the Gardens. But our seasons definitely play a part in how much, how little, how late, or how…

I first learned about the Gardens just days before I saw the help wanted ad. My interview was on a cold March morning, and snow still covered most of the ground. I pulled my zipper…

Sarah Callan (another Gardens educator) and I recently installed our new bee packages and brought our surviving hives home for the season. Early on a chilly morning, we grabbed our veils and hive tools, and…

Those who have been coming to the Gardens for many seasons have probably noticed a smaller-than-usual population of tulips in recent years. And while we know tulip displays are a popular draw, there is good…

Somewhere early along my path here, I became the caretaker of the Haney Hillside. The list of those who wanted to tackle the erosion issues that this hill presented was short—but I didn’t fear those…

Earth Day was founded in 1970 by US senator Gaylord Nelson in reaction to an oil spill in California. Demonstrations held on the first Earth Day led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection…

I started working the Vayo Meditation Garden early on. My first couple of years, the hort team, a single-digit numbered crew, worked together throughout the Gardens. We would split up into pairs and sometimes work…