Dig It! Garden Blog

  After exhaustive research, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Executive Director William Cullina gleaned the following historical information from an academic paper by Dr. Wallace McBride, “Fairy Communities of the Central Maine Coast,” published in the…

  My favorite tree on the property,Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘ogon’(Photo by Carrington Flatness) The posse posing with a truly exceptional man,our Director of Horticulture, Rodney Eason. Our awkward family photo(Photo by Rodney Eason)  As I prepare…

Playing pick-up sticks with the horticulture crew! The entire horticulture staff lent a helping handprimping & mulching the Village. If you’ve been to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens at all this season, you probably noticed that…

  One last glance at my favorite garden.    We had some great times together! CMBG horticulture interns along with staffhorticulturist Megan Deveau (on right)striking a pose at The Arnold Arboretum.(Photo by Rodney Eason) It…

The sunrise casts its light beautifullyon the Haney Hillside Garden. My favorite permanent piece of artwork within theGardens, the chiseled orb by Henry Richardson. As many of you are aware, our duty as the Coastal Maine Botanical…

  Me inspecting one of our composting display setups. Fellow intern Kristin Neill posing next to our facility compost pile to show scale. You can deduce the high nutrient content of the compost by the…

My favorite view from White Head. The whole island has beautifulviews such as this! Here in the horticulture department of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, it may sometimes seem like all our staff does is work…

Enjoying some tea surrounded by our native mountain mint in front of the Bosarge Family Education Center. Container troughs packed with Colorado native plants (Photo from Denver Botanic Garden) Polygonatum biflorum, Maine’s nativeSolomon’s seal. This…