by Jen Dunlap As I write this, the rain pours down outside. It is a warm, slightly scented, spring rain that gleans the faintest hint of Magnolia x loebneri. There are a few not far…
Greetings all! As we spring forward into this season of new beginnings, change is certainly afoot at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The snow cannot melt fast enough as we all, here at CMBG, patiently await…
Help! My desk is covered with catalogues from every seed and plant company that I ever bought anything from!!! New tools, new vegetables, new flowers, new ideas to take the cold out of winter and…
Please channel your best Ethel Merman and help me sing out the old year…. There’s no business like grow business, Like no business I know. Everything about it is appealing, Everything the good earth will…
It is here, with frost glistening on the autumn grasses, that I still find peace in the early mornings at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The air is chilled and the squirrels have just begun to…
Photos by Dick Zieg This has been a banner year at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in many ways. With the number of guests approaching 96,000 for the year so far, there have been days where…
“Maggie’s Couch” “Boat Bench” “Pinecone” This blog won’t reveal secrets of state, weight loss, or celebrity scandal. Hopefully, it will reveal quite the opposite, giving you a respite from the ceaseless noise of the outside…
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