Given the past few years, resiliency is a term we’ve become familiar with and concerned about cultivating. But what does it mean to apply the term to our gardening and landscaping endeavors? As garden- and…
Take the trolls home with you this winter by learning more about the real-life botany and ecology behind their fairy tale! Here is the trolls’ essential reading list—20 books about trees, the forest, the people…
Winter décor and evergreens just go hand in hand, don’t they? Because evergreens are often the only sign of life in an otherwise cold, dormant world, they symbolize life, health, and home. In fact, the…
It takes a village to launch an event like Gardens Aglow, and to learn how we get there, I sat down with lighting designer and horticulturist, Brent McHale.
Here in Maine, we know winter. We’re old companions and have learned to tolerate each other, but come spring? There aren’t many of us who aren’t ready for the welcome sight of early spring flowers….
Ensuring the smooth operations of day-to-day life at the Gardens definitely takes our entire village. From Horticulture to Facilities & Housekeeping, Marketing to IT, Guest Experience to Education, Culinary to Gardenshop, a small group of people (not to…
When we think pollinators, we tend to picture the fuzzy yellow bees and brilliant orange butterflies that buzz and flitter around our gardens in the summer. These critters make up just a smidge of the…
Over the last couple of years, our hort team began seeing black, disfigured masses at the centers of echinacea flowers. Puzzled, they researched the issue and discovered the cause—sunflower moth (Homoeosoma electellum) larvae inside the…
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